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Book Review: British Muslims - New Directions
OP - August 24, 2019, 11:59 PM

synopsis of British Muslims: New Directions in Islamic Thought, Creativity and Activism:

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A new generation of Muslims activists, academics, religious scholars and professionals are drawing on contemporary reformist thinking emerging from outside their parents' or grandparents' tradition and are using this to inform their activism. This positive new thinking is traced as it impacts and shapes the burgeoning field of Muslim women s activism, the formation of religious leaders, what is to count as Muslim politics , the dynamics of de-radicalisation and what has been dubbed the New Muslim Cool in music, fashion and culture.
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even weeds produce pretty flowers - but remain weeds nonetheless. here'sa quote from the review:

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What British Muslims does is show that this maturing generation is now remaking the British Islamic institutional infrastructures that previously were castigated for only expressing the perspectives of conservative, invariably male community elders. Likewise, it shows how the Islamist-inspired movements that appealed to young people in the 1990s are now, precisely because of those young recruits, being transformed.

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/2019/07/26/book-review-british-muslims-new-directions-in-islamic-thought-creativity-and-activism-by-philip-lewis-and-sadek-hamid/
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Reply #1 - August 25, 2019, 12:12 AM

the missing edit button is proving to be a real pain. anyway, the book cover is pretty spot on - a poster for positive progress. at least in some people's eyes.
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Reply #2 - August 25, 2019, 09:27 AM

Quote from: crumble on August 25, 2019, 12:12 AM
the missing edit button is proving to be a real pain. anyway, the book cover is pretty spot on - a poster for positive progress. at least in some people's eyes.

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Quote from: crumble on August 24, 2019, 11:59 PM
synopsis of British Muslims: New Directions in Islamic Thought, Creativity and Activism:

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/2019/07/26/book-review-british-muslims-new-directions-in-islamic-thought-creativity-and-activism-by-philip-lewis-and-sadek-hamid/

crumble puts out a picture of a book from a good guy Sadek Hamid and a blog on that book from LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS Stephen H. Jones WHO ALLEGEDLY is a sociologist of religion whose research focuses on the intersections between belief, politics and public policy. His primary areas of expertise are in Islam and Muslims in the UK and religious and non-religious publics’ perceptions of science. He is General Secretary of the Muslims in Britain Research Network (MBRN), and a Lecturer in the Department of Theology and Religion, University of Birmingham. He tweets at @StphnHwrdJns.

The book is OK w.r.t British Muslims but I am afraid neither Sadek Hamid nor Stephen H. Jones know very little about "ISLAMIC THOUGHT" which is heading of that book., because neither of them read Quran, or hadith or early Islam history .. So they can talk about Muslims that are born after 1995 but their background on early Islam.. Islamic scriptures and early Islamic history is questionable ,,'

anyways that is dr. Sadek Hamid's 2nd book

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