Western Muslims

Muslims in the West

The Islam / West Debate
Covering Islam - How the Media and the Experts Determine How we See the Rest of the World.
Wandering Lonely in a Crowd
Islamic and Western Concepts of Civilisation
British Secularism and Religion - Islam, Society and the State

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The Islam / West Debate
Paperback - 299 pgs -

Documents from a global debate on terrorism, U.S. policy & the Middle East.

In 2002, sixty prominent American intellectuals released an open letter defending the use of military force against al-Qa'ida.

The letter sparked an impassioned international debate unlike any other, in which jihadists, journalists, liberal Muslims, and German pacifists engaged one another on the most pressing issues of our time terrorism, U.S. policy, and Islam-West relations.

A valuable resource for specialist and non-specialist alike, this volume chronicles that debate and includes contributions from both sides of the political spectrum in America and the Middle East-and even from al-Qa'ida.

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COVERING ISLAM :
How the Media and the Experts Determine How we See the Rest of the World.

Paperback - 224 pages by Edward W. Said

A penetrating look at the way in which experts, policy-makers and the media have dealt with the crisis in Iran, the Middle East, and the World Trade Centre bombing. With examples, Edward Said demonstrates that the government-business establishment has produced a portrait of Islam and Muslims based on ignorance, inaccuracy and prejudice.
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'Edward Said is a brilliant and unique amalgam of scholar, aesthete and political activist ..e challenges and stimulates our thinking in every area'
---Washington Post Book World

'Edward Said belongs to that small band of American intellectuals who talk sense (and write beautifully) about the outside world' ---Guardian

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Wandering Lonley in a Crowd: Reflections on the Muslim Condition in the West

Paperback - 198 pages by S.M. Atif Imtiaz

Wandering Lonely in a Crowd: Reflections on the Muslim Condition in the West is a timely collection of essays, articles, lectures and short stories that have been written during the Bush years, a time of political uncertainty for British Muslims after 2001. They cover the themes of integration, community cohesion, terrorism, radicalisation, cultural difference, multiculturalism, identity politics and liberalism.

Imtiaz responds to the predicament of being a Muslim in modern Britain. Beginning with a raw and unedited response to the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and ending with Obama's election, these pieces cover the numerous facets of the debate that surrounds British Muslims today. The book sets out a narrative for these years and a response that argues that British Muslims should move away from identity politics towards Islamic humanism.

S.M. Atif Imtiaz has worked in Equalities for the National Health Service, holds a doctorate in social psychology from the London School of Economics, and is a longstanding community activist.

Reviews: "Imtiaz is telling us to wake up to some tough global realities. Islam matters, more than anything else. Not just because it offers the most compelling and widely-followed alternative to turbo-capitalism, but because it does so on the basis of monotheism, history's most powerful idea. In these essays, spanning British and global Islamic issues of burning moment, Imtiaz reminds us that God has not gone away." --- Abdal Hakim Murad, Dean, Cambridge Muslim College

"From student radicalism in the nineties to Muslims at the centre of a national security policy in the 2000s, Atif Imtiaz's generation has had to confront issues of identity, belonging, loyalty, commitment and their faith in much harsher, more polaraised terms than most. A careful thinker, drawing inspiration from many different sources including, of course, his Islamic faith, Imtiaz is one of those who is exploring and articulating what a twenty first Western expression of his religion might mean." --- Madeleine Bunting, associate editor and columnist, The Guardian

"Atif Imtiaz's collection of talks and essays are theoretically informed, practically directed at improving the well-being of Muslims through their own learning and action as well as through the benefits of fully becoming part of British society. His wisdom is offered in a simple, direct, accessible prose, presented sometimes in the form of a talk, sometimes as conversational biography. His combination of experience and social concern makes him a thoughtful British Muslim figure who speaks to all concerned with the place of Muslims in the West." --- Professor Tariq Modood, University of Bristol and author ofMulticulturalism: A Civic Idea (2007)

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Islamic and Western Concepts of Civilization

Small Paperback - 104 pages

by Dr M.A.J Beg

The word civilisation is widely known, yet it is not fully understood by most people. The elite in society claim to understand civilisation but they too can hardly explain it.

4th Edition 2006 Cambridge

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British Secularism and Religion - Islam, Society and the State

Paperback - 145 pages Editors - Yahya Birt, Dilwar Hussain, Ataullah Siddiqui

British Secularism and Religion: Islam, Society and the State, provides an in-depth deliberation upon the now unsettled relationship between religion and politics in twenty-first century Britain, with an emphasis upon Islam, the UK's second largest religion, which is now at the centre of the debate about the nature and future of British secularism.

Combining theological reflections and academic and policy perspectives, this topical collection includes contributions from Ted Cantle, Sunder Katwala, Maleiha Malik, Tariq Modood, Abdullah Sahin, Norman Solomon and Nick Spencer.

Reviews

'' This interesting, topical and sometimes heated, conversation among theologians, social scientists and policy experts on British secularism helps to shed vital light on the challenges of accommodating religious minorities and majorities within modern societies. The contributors question a number of received assumptions about the public role of religion, and also challenge traditional Muslim suspicions of secularism, thus succeeding in moving the debate on Islam in Britain, and secular polities in general, to new and very promising ground. This is a vital contribution to ongoing topical debates on secularism, pluralism, inclusion and the direction modern societies should take.'' --- Dr. Abdelwahab El-Affendi, University of Westminster

'' Religious voices in favour of secularism are often absent from the debate on religion and politics. But as a political attitude that will guarantee freedom of belief for all, secularism is relevant to all. This volume - though non-religious secularists may find much to challenge within it - is a welcome contribution to this most important of modern debates.'' --- Andrew Copson, Chief Executive, British Humanist Association

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