Islam, Race and being British

Издательство: Guardian Media Group

ISBN: 0-85265-056-6

British muslims increasingly want to be defined by their faith not their ethnicity. How does that shake up the history of British race relations? And why does the left find the idea of “doing God” in public life so threatening?

Challenges to freedom of speech, the rights of women and the need to accommodate minority identities: these are just some of the debates triggered by this faith-based politics. How will Britain muddle through? And how can the desperate poverty and educational underachievement of British Muslims be tackled to inspire new forms of integration and interaction?

With contributions from Polly Toynbee, Geoff Mulgan, Tariq Ramadan, Paul Gilroy, Tariq Modood, Dilwar Hussain, Timothy Garton Ash, Sunder Katwala and Gary Younge, and edited by Madeleine Bunting, the sharpest thinkers and commentators reflect on identity and how to map the place of Islam in British democracy.