Tahir Abbas

Islamic Political Radicalism: A European Perspective

Islamic Political Radicalism: A European Perspective

The State We Are in: Identity, Terror, And the Law of Jihad

Islamic Radicalism and Multicultural Politics: The British Experience

The expression of an Islamic political radicalism in Britain has been one of the most dramatic developments in recent decades. Islamic Radicalism and Multicultural Politics explores the nature of this phenomenon by analysing the origins of Islam and its historical contact with Western Europe and Bri...

Islamic Political Radicalism: A European Perspective

Islamic political radicalism in Europe has seen dramatic growth in recent times. This book offers a sociological, anthropological, psychological and political science analysis of the causes and consequences of this phenomenon.Authors explore the motivations behind such radicalism, focusing on an arr...

The Education of British South Asians: Ethnicity,Capital and Class Structure by Tahir Abbas (2004-07-06)

Crossing Over: Comparing Recent Migration in the United States and Europe (Program in Migration and Refugee Studies)

Despite growing cultural and economic homogenization across the globe, the visible presence of immigrant communities stands out in many metropolises of the world. In almost all major cities the cultural and physical presence of various ethnic or religious groups is very much in evidence. Yet, until ...

Muslim Integration: Pluralism and Multiculturalism in New Zealand and Australia

Muslim Integration: Pluralism and Multiculturalism in New Zealand and Australia, contributors from a range of backgrounds investigate the state of Muslim integration in New Zealand and Australia. The growing presence of a Muslim minority has invited these two Pacific settler states to closely consid...

Muslim Spaces of Hope: Geographies of Possibility in Britain and the West West' Geographies of possibility in Britain and the West' Geographies of Possibility in Britain and the West

Debates about contemporary Islam and Muslims in the West have taken some negative turns in the depressing atmosphere of the war on terror and its aftermath. This book argues that we have been too preoccupied with problems, not enough with solutions. The increased mobilisation and scrutiny of Muslim ...

Muslim Britain: Communities Under Pressure

This book explores of how the events of September 11 and the subsequent 'war on terror' have impacted on the lived experiences of British South Asian Muslims in their religious and ethnic identity, citizenship, Islamophobia, gender and education, radicalism, media and political representation. Speci...

Honour, Violence, Women and Islam

Why are honour killings and honour-related violence (HRV) so important to understand? What do such crimes represent? And how does HRV fit in with Western views and perceptions of Islam? This distinctively comparative collection examines the concept of HRV against women in general and Muslim women in...