Islam and modernity :
Muslims in Europe and the United States /
Iftikhar H. Malik.

Description

Main Author

Malik, Iftikhar Haider, 1949-

Language(s)

English

Published

London ; Pluto Press, 2004.

Subjects

East and West.
Islam > Islam / United States.
Islam > Islam / Europe.
Relações étnicas e raciais (aspectos religiosos)
Islamismo.
Muçulmanos > Muçulmanos / Estados unidos;europa.
Muslim
Islam
Diaspora > Diaspora / Religion
Muslims.
Islam.
Ethnic relations.
Islam > Islam / États-Unis.
Musulmans > Musulmans / États-Unis.
Islam > Islam / Europe.
Musulmans > Musulmans / Europe.
Islam > Islam / United States.
Muslims > Muslims / United States.
Islam > Islam / Europe.
Muslims > Muslims / Europe.
United States > United States / Ethnic relations.
Europe > Europe / Ethnic relations.
Westliche Welt
USA
Europa
United States.
Europe.
États-Unis > États-Unis / Relations interethniques.
Europe > Europe / Relations interethniques.
United States > United States / Ethnic relations.
Europe > Europe / Ethnic relations.

Summary

What's it like to be a Muslim living in the West today? And how different is it to the experiences of Muslims who lived in Western countries many generations ago? Recent events have given these questions a new importance. It is a difficult time right now for the Muslim diaspora throughout the United States and Europe. George W. Bush's 'war on terror' is seen through much of the Muslim world as a war on Islam. This has complex repercussions for Muslims living in the West. Tensions and anxieties are running high as many Muslims in America and Europe are caught in a climate of social unrest, much of it compounded by living in the spotlight of the media. This book generates a fresh perspective on the problematic relationships between Islam, the West and so-called modernity -- in the light of an increasingly vocal Muslim diaspora in Europe and the United States. This is not the first time that conflict has arisen between Muslims in the West and their other communities -- this book examines a long history of volatile social relations based on extensive travels and research across four continents. Iftikhar H. Malik offers a wealth of case studies ranging from Muslim Spain and the Ottoman Empire to the present day; from the eruptions of anti-Islamic feeling over the Salman Rushdie affair to the demonisation of Islam currently running high on the agenda of the "war on terror"--Publisher description.

Physical Description

xiv, 239 ; 23 cm.

ISBN

9780745316116
0745316115
9780745316123
0745316123

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