Political Muslims

Understanding Youth Resistance in a Global Context

Buch | Softcover

336 Seiten

2019
Syracuse University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8156-3583-3 (ISBN)

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Provides a new perspective on Muslim youth, presenting them as agents of creative social change and as active participants in cultural and community organisations where resistance leads to negotiated change. In a series of case studies, contributors capture the experiences of being young and Muslim in ten countries.

In the last few decades, the media, academics, and the general public have put considerable focus on Muslim culture and politics around the world. Specifically, the rising population of young Muslims has generated concerns about religious radicalism, Islamism, and conflicts in multicultural societies. However, few studies have been devoted to how a new generation of Muslims is reshaping society in positive ways. In Political Muslims, Abbas and Hamid provide a new perspective on Muslim youth, presenting them as agents of creative social change and as active participants in cultural and community organizations where resistance leads to negotiated change.

In a series of case studies that cross the globe, contributors capture the experiences of being young and Muslim in ten countries?the United States, Canada, Britain, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Turkey, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kashmir, and Indonesia. They examine urban youth from various socioeconomic backgrounds, addressing issues that range from hybrid identities and student activism to the strategic use of music and social media. With diverse disciplinary and methodological approaches, Political Muslims gives readers a nuanced and authentic understanding of the everyday social, economic, and political realities of young people.

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

Erscheinungsdatum	19.12.2018
Reihe/Serie	Contemporary Issues in the Middle East
Co-Autor	Sameera Ahmed, Asma Bala, Jürgen Endres
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	475 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeine Soziologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	0-8156-3583-4 / 0815635834
ISBN-13	978-0-8156-3583-3 / 9780815635833
Zustand	Neuware