Islam in the West: Key Issues in Multiculturalism

Front Matter....Pages i-xxvii
Introduction: ‘Islam’, ‘the West’ and ‘Multiculturalism’....Pages 1-6
Multiculturalism in the UK: A Contested Discourse....Pages 7-23
Multiculturalism: Commonality, Diversity and Psychological Integration....Pages 24-35
Freedom of Expression, Multiculturalism and the ‘Danish Cartoons’....Pages 36-55
Pope Benedict XVI’s Regensburg Lecture: A Flashpoint in Christian–Muslim Relations; or Why a Tenth Century Muslim Historian Understands the Greek Influence on Christianity and Islam better than a Twenty-First Century Pope....Pages 56-64
Secularism and the Accommodation of Religious Law: Reflections on Rowan Williams’ Lecture....Pages 65-78
The Role of Muslim Women in Britain in Relation to the Government’s ‘Prevent Agenda’....Pages 79-102
Veiled Interventions in Pure Space: Honour, Shame and Embodied Struggles among Muslims in Britain and France....Pages 103-120
Sexuality Politics in Islam....Pages 121-137
Deconstructing the Debate around Sport and the ‘Question’ of ‘Muslim Minorities’ in the West....Pages 138-153
Islam, Responsibility and Business....Pages 154-168
Towards a Shared Future? Opportunity and Denial in Bradford’s Experience of Ethnic and Religious Change....Pages 169-186
From Madrassa to Mainstream – The Role of the Madrassa in Shaping the Core Islamic Values and Practice among Young British Muslims....Pages 187-200
The Construction of Criminality and Disorder among British Muslim Young People....Pages 201-215
Islamism and Terror: A Western Way of Doing Politics....Pages 216-238
Back Matter....Pages 239-272