Political Muslims

Tahir Abbas is a visiting senior fellow in the Department of Government at the London School of Economics. He is the author of Contemporary Turkey in Conflict: Ethnicity, Islam, and Politics. Sadek Hamid is a senior research assistant at Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies. He is the author of Sufis, Salafis, and Islamists: The Contested Ground of British Islamic Activism.

Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Black American Muslim Youth 2. Faith and Activisim 3. "No, I'm Not a Salafist" 4. The Construction of a Multifaceted British Islamic Identity 5. Scouts in Rough Terrain 6. Challenging Hegemony 7. The Pashtun Woman Blogger 8. Changing the Tune? 9. Contribution of the Critical Thinking Forum in the Deradicalization of Pakistani Youth 10. Kashmir's Children of War 11. Renewal, Reactualization, and Reformation Conclusion Contributors Index

Overall this is a timely, interesting and well-structured volume focusing on young Muslims around the world....It offers the reader an alternative approach to what usually dominates the western media and politics, as well as in some cases the academia, leading to the re-production of Islamophobia.-- "Nordic Journal of Migration Research" This book is crucial for those meaning to research further the diversity that exists in Muslim societies across the globe.-- "Reading Religion" Political Muslims represents a significant work insofar as it provides an important and valuable alternative portrait of socially and politically engaged Muslim youth mobilizing their religious identity and particular interpretations of religion in ways that allow them to pursue political agendas.-- "Peter Mandaville, professor of international affairs, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University" Muslim youth, like Muslims in general and Islam itself, resist narrow stereotypes and incendiary shibboleths. In Political Muslims both Islamism and Islamic radicalization are addressed, but so are music, sports and education. Indeed, no topic, no problem and no prejudice is omitted from this comprehensive, insightful and timely volume. Highly recommended for all categories of academics but also for all engaged in the new global politics marked by religious and cultural identities.-- "Bruce B. Lawrence, professor emeritus of Islamic Studies, Duke University"