Victorian muslim: Abdullah Quilliam and Islam in the West
After formally announcing his conversion to Islam in the late 1880s, the Liverpool lawyer William Henry Abdullah Quilliam publicly propagated his new faith and established the first community of Muslim converts in Victorian Britain. Despite decades of obscurity following his death, with the resurgen...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Oxford University Press
2017
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| In: | Year: 2017 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Quilliam, William Henry ʿAbdullāh 1856-1932
/ Great Britain
/ Islam
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| RelBib Classification: | BJ Islam |
| Further subjects: | B
Quilliam, William Henry Abdullah ; 1856-1932 ; Religion
B Islam (Great Britain) History 19th century B Islam ; Great Britain ; History ; 20th century B Islam (Great Britain) History 20th century B Muslim converts from Christianity (Great Britain) B Muslim converts from Christianity ; Great Britain B Islam ; Great Britain ; History ; 19th century B Quilliam, William Henry Abdullah (1856-1932) Religion |
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| Summary: | After formally announcing his conversion to Islam in the late 1880s, the Liverpool lawyer William Henry Abdullah Quilliam publicly propagated his new faith and established the first community of Muslim converts in Victorian Britain. Despite decades of obscurity following his death, with the resurgence of interest in Muslim heritage in the West since 9/11, Quilliam has achieved iconic status in Britain and beyond as a pivotal figure in the history of Western Islam and Muslim-Christian relations. In this work, leading experts of the religion, history and politics of Islam offer new perspectives and shed fresh light on Quilliam's life and work |
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| ISBN: | 0190848472 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780190688349.001.0001 |