Islam in Britain 1558 1685

This book examines the impact of Islam on early modern Britain. Christian-Muslim interaction at this time was not as is often thought primarily adversarial; rather there was extensive cultural intellectual and missionary engagement with Islam. Professor Matar investigates the impact of the Qur''an and sufism on the people of Britain showing that the British interacted widely with Islamic religion culture and people through travel in London coffee houses in church among converts to and from Islam in sermons and in plays.