Muslims in Scotland : the making of community in a post-9/11 world /

The experience of being a Muslim in Scotland today is shaped by the global and national post-9/11 shift in public attitudes towards Muslims, and is infused by the particular social, cultural and political Scottish ways of dealing with minorities, diversity and integration. This book explores the set...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bonino, Stefano, 1986- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2017]
Subjects:
2001
Muslims > Scotland > Social conditions.
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
September 11 Terrorist Attacks
Musulmans > Écosse > Conditions sociales.
Attentats du 11 septembre 2001, États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
Muslims > Social conditions
Scotland
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Muslims in Scotland: migration, settlement and development
  • 2. Surviving the crisis and resisting the stigma: the post-9/11 emergence of a Muslim consciousness
  • 3. Post-ethnic Scottish Muslim identities at the nexus of nation and religion
  • 4. The new Muslim community: children of Islam and Scotland
  • 5. Integrated yet discriminated against: the ghost of 9/11 in everyday Muslim life
  • 6. Discriminated against yet integrated: Muslim resilience and Scottish engagement with diversity
  • Epilogue: towards a Scottish communitarianism, where diversity and human universals meet.

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