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Hellyer, Hisham A. (2007) British Muslims: past, present and future. Muslim World, Vol.97 (No.2). pp. 225-258. doi:10.1111/j.1478-1913.2007.00172.x ISSN 0027-4909.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1478-1913.2007.00172.x
Abstract
Around the European Union, the implication by large sections of society is that there is something intrinsically different about Islam that makes it difficult to integrate Muslims into European societies. Some of these sections of society are non-Muslim, and are reluctant to allow such integration to take place; others are Muslim. These sentiments raise a number of issues relating to plural identities and their compatibility with modern day Europe and Islam, with such issues finding variable expressions in member-states. The British example represents an illustrative case study, having a long history of interaction with Muslims and being the home of a large Muslim population. History bears witness that in terms of religious diversity, the U.K. was never a monolithic society based on a monoculture. From the Middle Ages until the beginning of the twentieth century, there is strong evidence to show that there was, at the least, British contact with Muslims. In Britain, just as all over Europe, Islam has a long lineage: "For British Muslims, the past does not have to be 'another country."'
"You're Muslim, remember; you'll never be English."'
"Mr Major promises Lis that 50 years from now, spinsters will still be cycling to communion on Sunday mornings-more like the Muezzin will be calling Allah's faithful to the High Street mosque."2
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DS Asia B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Health and Social Studies > Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Muslim World | ||||
Publisher: | Blackwell Publishing | ||||
ISSN: | 0027-4909 | ||||
Official Date: | April 2007 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.97 | ||||
Number: | No.2 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 34 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 225-258 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1478-1913.2007.00172.x | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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