The Contemporary British Mosque

The Establishment of Muslim Congregations and Institutions

Abdul-Azim Ahmed (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

240 Seiten

2025
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
9781350259010 (ISBN)

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Repositioning mosques as social, cultural and political spaces, this book provides new insights on key contemporary debates, the religious identity of Britain, secularisation, the far-right and terrorism, and gender equality.

Exploring the story of the British mosque, from house conversions to grand works of architecture, and the role they play in public life, Abdul-Azim Ahmed details the establishment of early mosques during the era of Empire, and the rapid growth in the years following the Second World War.

Ahmed takes a sociological approach to this study, drawing on fieldwork and ethnographic case-studies, alongside reviews of databases and historical documents to provide perspectives on the British mosque from the congregants themselves. The Muslim congregation, a poorly understood and often overlooked dimension of religion in Britain, is examined, and issues of diversity, denomination, sacredness, and society are explored.

Abdul-Azim Ahmed is Deputy Director and Research Associate at the Centre for the Study of Islam in the UK, at Cardiff University, UK.

1. Introduction
2. The Historical Mosque
3. The British Mosque
4. The Interspatial Mosque
5. The Congregational Mosque
6. The Sacred Mosque
7. The Diverse Mosque
8. The Unwelcome Mosque
9. The Civil Mosque
10. The Women's Mosque
11. The Mosque in Lockdown
12. The Un-Mosqued
13. The Future Mosque
14. Conclusion
Index
Bibliography

Erscheinungsdatum	09.04.2024
Reihe/Serie	Islam of the Global West
Zusatzinfo	10 bw illus
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 232 mm
Gewicht	360 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-13	9781350259010 / 9781350259010
Zustand	Neuware