Sufis, Salafis and Islamists

The Contested Ground of British Islamic Activism

Sadek Hamid

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English

I.B. Tauris
23 March 2016

Islamic studies; Religious & theocratic ideologies; Political activism

British Muslim activism has evolved constantly in recent decades. What have been its main groups and how do their leaders compete to attract followers? Which social and religious ideas from abroad are most influential? In this groundbreaking study, Sadek Hamid traces the evolution of Sufi, Salafi and Islamist activist groups in Britain, including The Young Muslims UK, Hizb ut-Tahrir, the Salafi JIMAS organisation and Traditional Islam Network. With reference to second-generation British Muslims especially, he explains how these groups gain and lose support, embrace and reject foreign ideologies, and succeed and fail to provide youth with compelling models of British Muslim identity. Analyzing historical and firsthand community research, Hamid gives a compelling account of the complexity that underlies reductionist media narratives of Islamic activism in Britain.

By: Sadek Hamid
Imprint: I.B. Tauris
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 408g
ISBN: 9781784532314
ISBN 10: 1784532312
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 23 March 2016
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sadek Hamid is currently a British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Lecturer in Islamic Studies at Liverpool Hope University. He has written widely about British Muslims, young people and religious activism and is the editor of Young British Muslims: Between Rhetoric and Real Lives (2016) and co-editor of Youth Work and Islam: a Leap of Faith for Young People (2011).

Reviews for Sufis, Salafis and Islamists: The Contested Ground of British Islamic Activism

A valuable contribution to scholarship relating to Muslims in Britain and has started to fill in one of the many gaps in the field. Methodologically, the book represents years of careful research, providing a comprehensive insider account of these movements. It is furthermore theoretically rigorous, while also accessible enough for the introductory reader. One is therefore left hoping that it will receive the wide reading - especially among journalists and policy-makers - that it so richly deserves. * Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations *