Contemporary British Mosque

Repositioning mosques as social cultural and political spaces this book provides new insights on key contemporary debates the religious identity of Britain secularisation the far-right and terrorism and gender equality.<br/><br/>Exploring the story of the British mosque from house conversions to grand works of architecture and the role they play in public life Abdul-Azim Ahmed details the establishment of early mosques during the era of Empire and the rapid growth in the years following the Second World War.<br/><br/>Ahmed takes a sociological approach to this study drawing on fieldwork and ethnographic case-studies alongside reviews of databases and historical documents to provide perspectives on the British mosque from the congregants themselves. The Muslim congregation a poorly understood and often overlooked dimension of religion in Britain is examined and issues of diversity denomination sacredness and society are explored.