Loyal enemies : British converts to Islam, 1850-1950 /

"Loyal Enemies uncovers the history of the earliest British converts to Islam who lived their lives freely as Muslims on British soil, from the 1850s to the 1950s. Drawing on original archival research, it reveals that people from across the range of social classes defied convention by choosing...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gilham, Jamie
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, USA, [2014]
Temas:
Muslim converts from Christianity > Great Britain > Biography.
Muslims > Great Britain > Biography.
Chrétiens convertis à l'islam > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
Musulmans > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Islamic Studies.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
RELIGION > Islam > History.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
RELIGION > Islam > General.
Muslim converts from Christianity
Muslims
Great Britain
Biography
Biographies
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Half-title
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Illustrations
  • Glossary
  • Abbreviations
  • Note on Quotations and Spelling
  • Introduction
  • 1. Britain's First Muslim Peer of the Realm: Henry Stanley and Islam in Victorian Britain
  • 2. 'A Witness Shall be Raised out of Every Nation': W.H. Abdullah Quilliam and Islam, 1856-1932
  • 3. 'Upholding the Banner of Islam': The Liverpool Muslim Institute and British Converts, 1887-1908
  • 4. 'Buckling on the Armour of Islam': British Conversions, 1908-1953
  • 5. 'Sending Up a Silent Prayer for Allah': British Muslim Lives, 1908-1953
  • 6. 'Loyal Enemies'? Identities, Allegiances and the Eclipse of British Muslims in Late-Imperial Britain
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Select Bibliography
  • Index
  • I. Political engagement and loyalties
  • II. Decline and fate
  • I. Belonging and commitment to Islam
  • II. Muslim life in Christian Britain
  • I. Indian Muslim missions and conversion
  • II. Conversion motifs, motivations and trends, c.1913-53
  • III. Quantity versus quality: missions compared
  • I. The Institute
  • II. 'Converting the British Nation to Islam': an assessment
  • III. Socio-demographic characteristics of British Muslims
  • IV. Conversion motifs and motivations
  • V. Convert lives
  • VI. Fate and legacy
  • I. Quilliam, Islam and religious conversion
  • II. Defending and propagating Islam in late-Victorian Britain
  • III. Political engagement and divided loyalties, 1890-1908
  • IV. 'A Queer Adventure in Double Identity': Patriotism, politics and religion, 1909-32
  • I. Henry Stanley and Islam before 1859
  • II. Conversion to Islam and consequences, 1859-69
  • III. Lord Stanley of Alderley, 'English Mohomedan' in Britain,1869-1903
  • I. Precursors: Barbary 'renegades'
  • II. Predecessors: 'nabobs', Orientalists and 'white Mughals'.

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