From the Margins to the Centre: Shiʿa-Led Grassroots Organisations and the Shaping of an Inclusive Muslim Identity in Britain
Despite recent scholarly focus on Shiʿa minorities in Britain, there has been little exploration of how Shiʿa (re)define what it means to be a British Muslim more broadly. Here, we shift the focus away from inward-looking manifestations of Shiʿa-specific identity and towards the diverse ways Shiʿa M...
| Published in: | Journal of Muslims in Europe |
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| Authors: | ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2023
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Journal of Muslims in Europe
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| Further subjects: | B
Ethics
B Sunni–Shiʿa relations B Shiʿa grassroots B Inclusivity B Islamically-conscious B British Muslim identity |
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| Summary: | Despite recent scholarly focus on Shiʿa minorities in Britain, there has been little exploration of how Shiʿa (re)define what it means to be a British Muslim more broadly. Here, we shift the focus away from inward-looking manifestations of Shiʿa-specific identity and towards the diverse ways Shiʿa Muslims are actively seeking to promote and enact inclusive ways of being Muslim in Britain. Profiling three Shiʿa-led grassroots organisations – Who is Hussain, Love Muhammad and The Muslim Vibe – we explore how the younger generations of British Shiʿa are invested in creating and sustaining a sense of inclusive British Islam which, by drawing on what we call an ‘Islamically-conscious’ ethics, seeks to engage Sunni Muslims and wider society in contemporary Britain. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-7954 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Muslims in Europe
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22117954-bja10053 |