Muslims in Britain: race, place and identities
Following the events of 11th September 2001 in the USA, and more especially, the bombings on the London underground on 7th July 2005 and the incident at Glasgow Airport on 30th June 2007, an increasing amount of public attention has been focused upon Muslims in Britain. Against …
A major new exploration of the construction and contestation of Muslim identities, places and landscapes in Britain.
Muslims in Britain: race, place and identities
Following the events of 11th September 2001 in the USA, and more especially, the bombings on the London underground on 7th July 2005 and the incident at Glasgow Airport on 30th June 2007, an increasing amount of public attention has been focused upon Muslims in Britain. Against …
A discussion of how Britain has come to define the national community in terms of ethnic affinity, instead of a multi-ethnic understanding of the nation. The result is a failure to construct a common national ground or sense of community by all those claiming a formal British id…