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Debates about contemporary Islam and Muslims in the West have taken some negative turns in the depressing atmosphere of the war on terror and its aftermath. Muslim Spaces of Hope argues that we have been too preoccupied with problems, not enough with solutions. It challenges what has come to be viewed as the 'Islamic problem' by asking what Muslims have to be hopeful about today, and how others might share this hope, as well as addressing wider debates about social difference, oppression and liberation.
Illustrations vii
Acknowledgements viii
Introduction: Muslim geographies-spaces of hope? Richard Phillips 1
Part 1 Spaces of hope?
1 Spaces of hope: interventions Ziauddin Sardar 13
2 Muslims in the West: deconstructing geographical binaries Peter Hopkins 27
3 The hopeful and exclusionary politics of Islam in Australia: looking for alternative geographies of 'Western Islam' Kevin M. Dunn Alanna Kamp 41
Part 2 Convivial cities
4 Veils and sales: Muslims and the spaces of post-colonial fashion retail Reina Lewis 69
5 Citizenship and faith: Muslim scout groups Sarah Mitts 85
6 The utopian space of the Islamic bathhouse or hammām Magda Sibley Fodil Fadli 104
7 Making space for Muslims: housing Bangladeshi families in East London Ayona Datta 120
Part 3 Economic and political empowerment
8 Muslim economic initiatives: global finance and local projects Jane Pollard Hilary Lim Raj Brown 139
9 Muslims and the anti-war movements Richard Phillips Jamil Iqbal 163
10 Liberalizing Islam: creating Brits of the Islamic persuasion Sarah Glynn 179
Part 4 Integration and resistance
11 British Muslims and 'community cohesion' debates Claire Dwyer Varun Uberoi 201
12 Residential integration: evidence from the UK census M.A. Kevin Brice 222
13 Muslim-American hyphenated identity: negotiating a positive path Selcuk R. Sirin Selen Imamoğlu 236
14'After 7/7': challenging the dominant hegemony Tahir Abbas 252
Notes on contributors 263
Index 266
Overview
Debates about contemporary Islam and Muslims in the West have taken some negative turns in the depressing atmosphere of the war on terror and its aftermath. Muslim Spaces of Hope argues that we have been too preoccupied with problems, not enough with solutions. It challenges what has come to be viewed as the 'Islamic problem' by asking what Muslims have to be hopeful about today, and how others might share this hope, as well as addressing wider debates about social difference, ...