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Wandering Lonely in a Crowd: Reflections on the Muslim Condition in the West
S. M. Atif Imtiaz
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Description for Wandering Lonely in a Crowd: Reflections on the Muslim Condition in the West
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Atif Imtiaz responds to the predicament of being a Muslim in modern Britain. Beginning with a raw and unedited response to the terrorist attack of 9/11 an ending with Obama's election, these pieces cover the numerous facets of the debate that surrounds British Muslims today. The book sets out a narrative for these years and a response that argues that British Muslims should move away from identity politics towards Islamic humanism.
Atif Imtiaz responds to the predicament of being a Muslim in modern Britain. Beginning with a raw and unedited response to the terrorist attack of 9/11 an ending with Obama's election, these pieces cover the numerous facets of the debate that surrounds British Muslims today. The book sets out a narrative for these years and a response that argues that British Muslims should move away from identity politics towards Islamic humanism.
Product Details
Publisher
Kube Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
248g
Number of Pages
164
Place of Publication
Markfield, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847740243
SKU
V9781847740243
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99-15
About S. M. Atif Imtiaz
S.M. Atif Imtiaz: Atif Imtiaz has been involved with Islamic organizations since the late 1980's. He graduated from the City University in psychology and then completed a doctoral thesis at the London School of Economics in social psychology. He has studied Muslim identity politics and has been actively involved in grassroots initiatives. He was an advisor to the Government after the 7/7 terror attacks and continues to advise politicians and policy makers. He also runs a blog called Bradford Muslim.
Reviews for Wandering Lonely in a Crowd: Reflections on the Muslim Condition in the West
From student radicalism in the nineties to Muslims at the centre of a national security policy in the 2000s, Atif Imtiaz's generation has had to confront issues of identity, belonging, loyalty, commitment and their faith in much harsher, more polarised terms than most. A careful thinker, drawing inspiration from many different sources including, of course, his Islamic faith, Imtiaz is one of those who is exploring and articulating what a twenty first Western expression of his religion might mean.
Madeleine Bunting Imtiaz is telling us to wake up to some tough global realities. Islam matters, more than anything else. Not just because it offers the most compelling and widely-followed alternative to turbo-capitalism, but because it does so on the basis of monotheism, history's most powerful idea. In these essays, spanning British and global Islamic issues of burning moment, Imtiaz reminds us that God has not gone away. - Abdal Hakim Murad, Dean, Cambridge Muslim College Atif Imtiaz's collection of talks and essays are theoretically informed, practically directed at improving the well-being of Muslims through their own learning and action as well as through the benefits of fully becoming part of British society. His wisdom is offered in a simple, direct, accessible prose, presented sometimes in the form of a talk, sometimes as conversational biography. His combination of experience and social concern makes him a thoughtful British Muslim figure who speaks to all concerned with the place of Muslims in the West. - Professor Tariq Modood, University of Bristol and author of Multiculturalism: A Civic Idea (2007)
Madeleine Bunting Imtiaz is telling us to wake up to some tough global realities. Islam matters, more than anything else. Not just because it offers the most compelling and widely-followed alternative to turbo-capitalism, but because it does so on the basis of monotheism, history's most powerful idea. In these essays, spanning British and global Islamic issues of burning moment, Imtiaz reminds us that God has not gone away. - Abdal Hakim Murad, Dean, Cambridge Muslim College Atif Imtiaz's collection of talks and essays are theoretically informed, practically directed at improving the well-being of Muslims through their own learning and action as well as through the benefits of fully becoming part of British society. His wisdom is offered in a simple, direct, accessible prose, presented sometimes in the form of a talk, sometimes as conversational biography. His combination of experience and social concern makes him a thoughtful British Muslim figure who speaks to all concerned with the place of Muslims in the West. - Professor Tariq Modood, University of Bristol and author of Multiculturalism: A Civic Idea (2007)