Islam in the West: Key Issues in Multiculturalism

By Yasmin Valli

Book Overview

Foreword; I.I.Mogra Introduction - 'Islam', 'the West' and 'Multiculturalism'; P.Wetherly, S.Robinson, Y.Valli & M.Farrar Multiculturalism in the UK - a Contested Discourse; M.Farrar Multiculturalism: Commonality, Diversity and Psychological Integration; T.Ramadan Freedom of Expression, Multiculturalism, and the 'Danish Cartoons'; P.Wetherly Pope Benedict XVI's Regensburg Lecture: a Flashpoint in Christian-Muslim Relations; I.Markham Secularism and the Accommodation of Religious Law: Reflections on Rowan Williams's Lecture; S.Robinson & P.Wetherly The Role of Muslim Womenin Britainin relation to the Government's 'Prevent Agenda'; Z.R.Ahmed Veiled Interventions in Pure Space: Honour, Shame and Embodied Struggles among Muslims in Britain and France; P.Werbner Sexuality Politics in Islam; A.N.Pilgrim Deconstructing the Debate around Sport and the 'Question' of 'Muslim Minorities' in the West; M.Amara & I.Henry Islam, Responsibility and Business; S.Robinson Towards a Shared Future?: Opportunity and Denial in Bradford's Experience of Ethnic and Religious Change; A.Carling From Madrassa to Mainstream - The Role of the Madrassa in Shaping the Core Islamic Values and Practice Amongst Young British Muslims; Y.Valli The Construction of Criminality and Disorder among British Muslim Young People; C.Webster Islamism and Terror: A Western Way of Doing Politics; M.Farrar

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349315826
• ISBN13: 9781349315826
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"