Towards building a British Islam : new Muslims' perspectives /
Despite the current negative image of Islam in Europe there has been a steady growth of converts to Islam over the past few decades. British converts are a highly diverse group, with different social, economic and educational backgrounds. Recently this group has grown in confidence and become increa...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
London ; New York, New York :
Continuum,
2012.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Despite the current negative image of Islam in Europe there has been a steady growth of converts to Islam over the past few decades. British converts are a highly diverse group, with different social, economic and educational backgrounds. Recently this group has grown in confidence and become increasingly active in influencing positive Islamic discourse in Britain. The book sheds light on the intellectual and spiritual contributions of some of the prominent figures of this group of ''new Muslims'', and assesses their efforts in shaping Islam in British society; including: Martin Lings, Gai Eat. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (203 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781441114334 1441114335 9781472548757 1472548752 9781441172778 1441172777 |