Young British Muslims

Focusing on aspects of being young, Muslim and British, this book takes a multidisciplinary approach that seeks to 'normalise' the subjects and focus on their everyday lived realities. The collection contextualises the study of young British Muslims before addressing the sensitive social issues highlighted in the media and finally focusing on case studies which investigate the previously unexplored lived experiences of these young people. With contributions from scholars of religion, media and criminology, as well as practitioners within youth and social work contexts, this book will appeal to scholars who have an interest in the fastest growing, most profiled minority demographic in the UK.

Sadek Hamid is currently a British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Liverpool Hope University. He has written widely about Islam in Britain, young Muslims and Islamic activism. He is author of Sufis, Salafis and Islamists:The Contested Ground of British Islamic Activism (2016) and co-editor of Youth Work and Islam: a Leap of Faith for Young People (2011).

Part 1: Context Introduction Sadek Hamid 1. Researching Young Muslim Lives in Contemporary Britain Anshuman Mondal Part 2: Headlines and Rhetoric 2. Child sexual exploitation and young Muslim men: A modern moral panic? Muzammil Quraishi 3. Do Young British Muslim Women Need Rescuing? Fauzia Ahmed 4. Urban Youth: Cross cultural influence, religious marginalization and stigmatisation Abdul Haqq Baker Part 3: Real Lives 5. Finding a Voice: Young Muslims, Music and Cultural Change in Britain Carl Morris 6. Religious values and political motivation among young British Muslims Asma Mustafa 7. Virtual Youth: Facebook as Identity Platforms Brooke Storer-Church 8. Digital Orientalism: Muslim youth, Racism and Islamophobia Online Amir Saeed 9. Re-Fashioning the Islamic: Young Visible Muslims Emma Tarlo