This book tackles unanswered questions on British Muslims and political participation: What makes religion a salient 'political' identity for young Muslims (over any other identity)? How do young British Muslims identify themselves and how does it relate to their political engagement? A fascinating insight into the lives of young British Muslims.

This book is a refreshing and challenging attempt to reconcile the controversial area of wider contemporary debates on the integration of Muslim youth into secular western European countries. In that vein, this book talks to policy-makers as well as academics in the field to gauge and understand the delicate and fragile nature of identity and how particularly the religious component becomes more salient and political in a complex post-modern globalized world. (Uzma Kazi, Ethical and Racial Studies, March, 2016)

Autorentext

Asma Mustafa is Research Fellow on Muslims in Britain at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, UK. She is also Senior Tutor and Senior Research Fellow at Linacre College, University of Oxford, UK. Dr Mustafa received her ESRC funded DPhil from Oxford University in 2011.

Inhalt

1. Setting the Scene 2. Theorising Identity 3. Identity Typology 4. Impetus for Engagement 5. Political Participation 6. Politically Engaged and Ready for Action 7. Borderline and Contextual Engagement 8. Out of Favour and Other Unpopular Activities 9. Concluding Words