Welcome to Islam : a convert's tale / / Lucy Bushill-Matthews
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| Autore: |
Bushill-Matthews Lucy
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| Titolo: |
Welcome to Islam : a convert's tale / / Lucy Bushill-Matthews
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| Pubblicazione: | London, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Continuum, , 2008 |
| ©2008 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (216 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 297.092 |
| Soggetto topico: | Muslim converts from Christianity - Great Britain |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Embracing faith -- Marriage ties and scarves -- On foreign soil -- In the 'real world' -- A pilgrim's progress -- Babes in arms -- Community spirit -- Fasting and feasting -- The next generation -- Epilogue. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Written by a Muslim convert and mother of three, Welcome to Islam captures the occasionally poignant but often humorous reality of being a Muslim in the current climate: as a convert, a working woman, a mother, and as an active member of the local community. Discover what it's really like living life as a Muslim: praying the ritual prayers at work in an office when your boss walks in; going on Hajj with hundreds of Saudi women dressed from head to toe in black; or explaining to your six-year-old daughter, who is looking at the pictures in the newspaper, that the bearded Asian Muslim who is bei |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Welcome to Islam |
| ISBN: | 1-282-87316-4 |
| 9786612873164 | |
| 1-4411-1570-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910785226903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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