LEADER 04114nam 2200685 450 001 9910456146603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-99577-0 010 $a9786611995775 010 $a1-4426-7747-3 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442677470 035 $a(CKB)2420000000004208 035 $a(EBL)3255100 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000303844 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11213310 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000303844 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10296107 035 $a(PQKB)10333374 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00602024 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3255100 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4671744 035 $a(DE-B1597)464671 035 $a(OCoLC)944177899 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442677470 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4671744 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11257443 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL199577 035 $a(OCoLC)244768709 035 $a(EXLCZ)992420000000004208 100 $a20160922h19991999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMuslims in the diaspora $ethe Somali communities of London and Toronto /$fRima Berns McGown 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d1999. 210 4$dİ1999 215 $a1 online resource (317 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8020-8281-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tGlossary -- $tIntroduction: Challenges in the Diaspora -- $t1 Context -- $t2 Cultural Integration -- $t3 Islam in London and Toronto -- $t4 Transfer of Values -- $t5 Bridging Two Worlds: Weaving Two Cultures -- $t6 London and Toronto -- $t7 Integration -- $tConclusion: Transformative Islam -- $tNotes -- $tReferences -- $tIndex 330 $aRima Berns McGown, in interviews with over 80 Somali men, women, and children, found that Somali refugees in the West have had to renegotiate their understanding of themselves as Muslims in the highly secular, Judeo-Christian-based liberal democracies in which they newly reside, a process compounded by the harsh realities of refugee life. They must confront the challenges of practising Islam in a non-Muslim country, and transferring values to their children amid a profusion of competing belief systems.Somalis have responded to the challenges of culture clash, not by assimilating, but by weaving elements of their birth and adopted cultures together. They become Western - not Westernized - Muslims as they confront and redefine their practice of Islam and their own interpretations of what it is to be a good Muslim. Some of them attempt to create relative isolation within mainstream society. For most, the process involves a gradual accommodation of traditional customs to those of the new society, without losing what they consider to be essential to themselves as Muslims. Moreover, they have generally combined accommodation to the West with a stronger identification with Islam and a Muslim identity.Berns McGown contends that harmonious integration is facilitated by a political culture that creates a legitimate space for immigrants and minorities, as is revealed by a comparison of the Somali communities of London and Toronto. The flexibility and diversity of views demonstrated by Somali Muslim immigrants indicate that they will integrate successfully over time into Western political systems and societies, and that this process will be encouraged if they are not artificially marginalized and alienated. 606 $aSocial adjustment 606 $aMuslims$zNon-Islamic countries 606 $aSomalis$zOntario$zToronto 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSocial adjustment. 615 0$aMuslims 615 0$aSomalis 676 $a301.1573 700 $aBerns McGown$b Rima$01030326 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456146603321 996 $aMuslims in the diaspora$92447156 997 $aUNINA