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2015
The book charts the attempts of Islam's largest missionary movement, the Tablighi Jamaat (TJ), to build Europe's biggest mosque in London – the so-called Mega Mosque. The book follows TJ from its founding in India in 1926, to its establishment in Britain during the 1940s, to its plans for construction of a controversial mosque in London. The book addresses the issues emerging at the forefront of national debates across liberal democracies: the role of Islam in the west, conceptions of changing citizenship and national identities, and how best to integrate increasingly diverse populations. What happens to illiberal and politically disengaged groups that wish to segregate themselves from what they regard as corrupt and immoral wider societies? How do these groups engage with government policy that seeks to define good citizens as those that are actively engaged in the socio-political life of the community? Zacharias Pieri provides context and insight to answer these and other important questions.
Though Europe’s drive towards increasing secularity has often been judged as an inexorable reality, the influx of immigrant communities – Christian and otherwise – has transformed its religious landscape. New configurations of religion proliferate as the form and content of religious experience evolves with changing circumstances. Islam took root in Britain primarily due to the economic migrations arising from post-war labour shortages but it has nevertheless succeeded in establishing a robust infrastructure for itself which now boasts nearly 2000 mosques. Movements for Islamic revival, usually developed abroad in the context of colonial rule, were transplanted into the diaspora by early migrants seeking ways to negotiate their commitment to faith in a vastly different socio-cultural milieu. Yet these movements have today been appropriated by their offspring – second and third generation British-born Muslims – who seek to reconcile the tensions of a secular sociality, a counter-cultural religious praxis and an inherited ethnic culture. This paper draws upon extensive ethnographic fieldwork undertaken with the British branch of the Tablighi Jama’at (TJ), the world’s largest Muslim lay missionary movement, as part of the author’s doctoral thesis. It examines, through a complex prism of identity, diaspora and transnationalism, how the lived experiences of committed British-born TJ activists illuminate current debates about secularisation theory and also suggests ways in which Muslim experiences may ally more closely with the emergence of newer post-secular paradigms.
While there is still some evidence of conflict over the planning and building of mosques in Britain, in this article I demonstrate that this is not currently the case in Bradford. Having first considered issues relating to the status and significance of mosques in Britain, and then the institutionalisation of Islam in Bradford, I suggest that this absence of mosque conflict has much to do with the social and political implications of a densely populated 'Muslim' inner city. However, the absence of conflict over mosques in Bradford does not mean that the pervasive Islamisation of the inner city is not an issue; quite the reverse. After riots involving youth of PakistaniÁ/Muslim heritage, a dominant discourse has emerged focusing on ethnic and religious 'self-segregation' and the need for 'community cohesion'. Moreover, commentators have identified mosques, and the religious leadership and education they provide, as a part of the problem. My article examines why this might be so and the extent to which Bradford Council for Mosques, and one particular mosque in Bradford, have been able to engage Muslims in cooperative relationships with the public space.
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by Nebahat Avcioglu
‘The Mosque and the European City’ in Islam and Public Controversy in Europe', ed. Nilüfer Göle, Ashgate Publishing, 2014, pp. 57-68.2015 •
Sevket Hylton Akyildiz, Introducing Seaside Muslims, Journal of Muslims in Europe, Vol. 4, Issue 2, 2015, pp. 197-222. The majority of British Muslims live in cities such as London, Leicester, Birmingham and Bradford—and academic research thus far has reflected a city and post-manufacturing town emphasis. This paper investigates the as yet undocumented history and mosque politics of Muslims living in the small town of Eastbourne, East Sussex, using participant observation and unstructured and semi-structured interviews. Firstly, I conceptualise my case study group by highlighting some differences found in a small town in terms of the origins of its Muslims, their ethnic heterogeneity, and residential spatial distribution. Secondly, I explore mosque politics in terms of mosque planning, public reactions to mosque rebuilding, and mosque management issues.
This paper seeks to analyse the political and sociological landscape of Muslims in Britain. As such this paper focuses on tracing the roots and histories of all the major political, social and religious movements of British Islam. The effects of each of these movements are analysed by looking at their impact on the three main institutions of life of British Muslims: the home, school and the mosque. The problems which this impact causes are raised and then potential solutions are given. The paper concludes with the assertion that Muslims are caught in a vicious cycle and only through simultaneous action on all three fronts can progress be made.
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