Diasporic Muslims
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7077582 |
|---|---|
| Authors | P Werbner (0000-0003-2296-9851, Keele University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Pages | 1-4 |
| Publication date | 2019-11-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeos1464 |
| OpenAlex | W4230472917 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
It is possible to identify a dialectical process in the formation of a Muslim diaspora in the United Kingdom as in other western countries. On the one hand, Islam has been incorporative and integrative, providing a legitimate locational identity in an immigrant society. At the same time it has also generated its own contradictions and dilemmas, which have inhibited the integrative process by politicizing and racializing this very same religious identity. As South Asians, Muslim diasporans are increasingly part of a wider trend toward economic, cultural, and social incorporation into UK society, whether as middle or working‐class citizens. It is likely that the community will remain divided in its orientations between extremely religious and secular minorities, with the majority, for whom Islamic piety combines with growing assimilation into UK culture, occupying the middle ground
Aesthetics · Cultural identity · Dialectic · Diaspora · Geography · Identity (music · Immigration · Islam · Islamophobia · Middle class · Muslim community · Piety · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Theology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Law · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Migration, Refugees, and Integration
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |