Islam in the West

1. Introduction: ‘Islam’, ‘the West’ and ‘Multiculturalism’
Paul Wetherly, Max Farrar, Simon Robinson, Yasmin Valli

2. Multiculturalism in the UK: A Contested Discourse
Max Farrar

3. Multiculturalism: Commonality, Diversity and Psychological Integration
Tariq Ramadan

4. Freedom of Expression, Multiculturalism and the ‘Danish Cartoons’
Paul Wetherly

5. Pope Benedict XVI’s Regensburg Lecture: A Flashpoint in Christian–Muslim Relations; or Why a Tenth Century Muslim Historian Understands the Greek Influence on Christianity and Islam better than a Twenty-First Century Pope
Ian Markham

6. Secularism and the Accommodation of Religious Law: Reflections on Rowan Williams’ Lecture
Simon Robinson, Paul Wetherly

7. The Role of Muslim Women in Britain in Relation to the Government’s ‘Prevent Agenda’
Zareen Roohi Ahmed

8. Veiled Interventions in Pure Space: Honour, Shame and Embodied Struggles among Muslims in Britain and France
Pnina Werbner

9. Sexuality Politics in Islam
Anita Naoko Pilgrim

10. Deconstructing the Debate around Sport and the ‘Question’ of ‘Muslim Minorities’ in the West
Mahfoud Amara, Ian Henry

11. Islam, Responsibility and Business
Simon Robinson

12. Towards a Shared Future? Opportunity and Denial in Bradford’s Experience of Ethnic and Religious Change
Alan Carling

13. From Madrassa to Mainstream – The Role of the Madrassa in Shaping the Core Islamic Values and Practice among Young British Muslims
Yasmin Valli

14. The Construction of Criminality and Disorder among British Muslim Young People
Colin Webster

15. Islamism and Terror: A Western Way of Doing Politics
Max Farrar

Nyckelord: Social Sciences, Political Sociology, Middle Eastern Politics, British Politics, Sociology of Religion, Political Theory, Human Rights