The Infidel Within by Ansari, Humayun -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Page Contents List of Maps and Diagrams Glossary Preface to the New Edition 1. Is There a British Muslim Identity?

The context The issues Muslim identity and ‘native’ British converts to Islam Young British Muslims

Part I: Arriving, 1800–1945

2. Muslim Migration and Settlement in Britain before 1945

Early Muslim migration to Britain: visitors, sailors and settlers

Imperial connections Seafaring sojourners

Muslim migration to Britain, 1914–45

Fluctuating fortunes New opportunities

3. Muslim Engagement with British Society up to the First World War

4. ‘Being Muslim’ in Early Twentieth-Century Britain

Social engagement during the interwar years Relations in the workplace Demanding the rights of citizenship

Part II: Staying—1945 Onwards

6. Muslim Migration to Britain after the Second World War

Phases of postwar migration Chain migration and the role of pioneers ‘Push’ factors The case of postwar Yemeni settlers Government intervention and immigration controls The 1970s onwards

7. Contours of Muslim Life in Britain Since 1945

The size of the British Muslim population Geographical distribution Households and housing Demographic characteristics: age and gender distribution Education, qualifications and skills background Jobs: employment patterns Problems of discrimination

Patterns and processes of interaction The context of majority–minority encounters Degrees of British Muslim assimilation The generation gap: British Muslims and youth culture Segregated leisure and sport? Matters of law Muslim political engagement in Britain

9. Muslim Women and Families in Britain

The impact of migration Muslim women and family relationships Migration, Muslim women and waged work Changing dynamics in British Muslim families Muslim women resist sources of oppression The changing position of Muslim women in British society

10. British Muslims and Education: Issues and Prospects

Early history Muslims and ‘under performance’ in education Multicultural education and Muslims—1970 to the mid-1980s Muslim education—from the mid-1980s to 2001 The struggle for voluntary-aided Muslim schools Muslim education in the 1990s

11. The Evolution of Muslim Organisation in Britain Since the Second World War

Early history Laying the foundation stones: Britain’s network of mosques and Muslim organisation The evolution of Sufi orders in Britain Umbrella organisations from the 1980s onwards Organisation of welfare, social and cultural services Muslim youth organisation Organising Muslim women Institutionalisation of Muslim minority sects in Britain: the Ismailis

12. Conclusion: British Muslim Identities

Notes Bibliography Acknowledgements Index