British Muslim activism has evolved constantly in recent decades. What have been its main groups and how do their leaders compete to attract followers? Which social and religious ideas from abroad are most influential? In this groundbreaking study, Sadek Hamid traces the evolution of Sufi, Salafi and Islamist activist groups in Britain, including The Young Muslims UK, Hizb ut-Tahrir, the Salafi JIMAS organisation and Traditional Islam Network. With reference to second-generation British Muslims especially, he explains how these groups gain and lose support, embrace and reject foreign ideologies, and succeed and fail to provide youth with compelling models of British Muslim identity. Analyzing historical and firsthand community research, Hamid gives a compelling account of the complexity that underlies reductionist media narratives of Islamic activism in Britain.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
9781784532314
eBay Product ID (ePID)
220688702
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Social Organisations
Author
Sadek Hamid
Publication Name
Sufis, Salafis and Islamists: the Contested Ground of British Islamic Activism
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Politics
Publication Year
2016
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
216mm
Item Width
138mm
Item Weight
408g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Sadek Hamid
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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