Islam in the West: key issues in multiculturalism

In recent years the debate on multiculturalism in the UK and other western societies has focused principally on Islam, and the specific 'problems' said to be posed by Muslims have been invoked to justify the claim that multiculturalism has failed. That claim is opened to scrutiny and challenged in this unique collection through a series of explorations of specific issues and controversies - including the question of the veil, crime, political Islam, the role of Muslim women, sexuality, and the Danish cartoons affair - and through more general reflections on the nature of multiculturalism. By exploring the nature of cultural differences and sensitivities and examining the way conflicts have played out, this challenging book makes a wide-ranging contribution to debate and a more constructive inter-cultural engagement. The contributors draw upon the disciplines of social science, ethics, theology, philosophy and education toexamine the nature of the issues and flashpoints and to draw out implicationsfor theory, policy and practice. INDICE: Foreword; .I.I.Mogra.Introduction - 'Islam', 'the West' and 'Multiculturalism'; .P.Wetherly., .S.Robinson., .Y.Valli. &.M.Farrar.Multiculturalism in the UK - a Contested Discourse; .M.Farrar.Multiculturalism: Commonality, Diversity and Psychological Integration; .T.Ramadan.Freedom of Expression, Multiculturalism, and the 'Danish Cartoons'; .P.Wetherly.Pope Benedict XVI's Regensburg Lecture: a Flashpoint in Christian-Muslim Relations; .I.Markham.Secularism and the Accommodation of Religious Law: Reflections on Rowan Williams's Lecture; .S.Robinson.& .P.Wetherly.The Role of Muslim Womenin Britainin relationto the Government's 'Prevent Agenda'; .Z.R.Ahmed.Veiled Interventions in PureSpace: Honour, Shame and Embodied Struggles among Muslims in Britain and France; .P.Werbner.Sexuality Politics in Islam; .A.N.Pilgrim.Deconstructing the Debate around Sport and the 'Question' of 'Muslim Minorities' in the West; .M.Amara.& .I.Henry.Islam, Responsibility and Business; .S.Robinson.Towards a Shared Future?: Opportunity and Denial in Bradford's Experience of Ethnic and Religious Change; .A.Carling.From Madrassa to Mainstream - The Role of the Madrassain Shaping the Core Islamic Values and Practice Amongst Young British Muslims; .Y.Valli.The Construction of Criminality and Disorder among British Muslim Young People; .C.Webster.Islamism and Terror: A Western Way of Doing Politics; .M.Farrar.

• ISBN: 978-0-230-23874-9
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 272
• Fecha Publicación: 22/06/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Desconocido