Medina in Birmingham, Najaf in Brent : inside British Islam / Innes Bowen.
Muslim intellectuals may try to define something called British Islam, but the truth is that as the Muslim community of Britain has grown in size and religiosity, so too has the opportunity to found and run mosques which divide along ethnic and sectarian lines. Just as most churches in Britain are a...
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| Other title: | Inside British Islam |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Hurst & Company,
2014.
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| Summary: | Muslim intellectuals may try to define something called British Islam, but the truth is that as the Muslim community of Britain has grown in size and religiosity, so too has the opportunity to found and run mosques which divide along ethnic and sectarian lines. Just as most churches in Britain are affiliated to one of the main Christian denominations, the vast majority of Britain's 1600 mosques are linked to wider sectarian networks: the Deobandi and Tablighi Jamaat movements with their origins in colonial India; the Salafi groups inspired by an austere form of Islam widely practiced in Saudi. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781849045292 1849045291 1849045305 9781849045308 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 9, 2016). |