Sara Khan

The Battle for British Islam

Reclaiming Muslim Identity from Extremism

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Produktbeschreibung

An authoritative examination of the state of Islam in the UK, aiming to bring majority Muslim and mainstream British political opinion into a coalition against extremism. The author was selected as one of BBC Woman's Hour Power List 2015: Top 10 Influencers, is a tireless campaigner for women's rights within British Muslim communities and co-founder of Inspire.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Saqi Books
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9780863561597
• ISBN-10: 0863561594
• Artikelnr.: 45174166

Autorenporträt

Sara Khan is one of the UK's leading Muslim female voices on countering Islamist extremism and was appointed as Lead Commissioner for Countering Extremism in 2018. A long-standing, award-winning human rights campaigner, in 2008, she co-founded Inspire, a non-governmental women's rights and counter-extremism organisation, of which she is director. The winner of a Marie Claire Future Shapers Award in 2016 and selected as one of BBC Woman s Hour s Top 10 Influencers in 2015, she has written for numerous publications, including The Guardian, Daily Telegraph and New York Times, and has been interviewed on BBC Radio 4's Today Programme, CNN s Amanpour, Sky News and Channel 4 News, among others. www.sarakhan.co.uk

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements 9
A Note on Terms 11
Introduction 15
1. Race to your Caliphate: The Rise of Islamist Extremism 25
2. British Salafists and Islamists: The Growing Convergence 51
3. The Islamist-Led Assault on Prevent 87
4. Identity Politics: Islamism and the Ultra Left, the Far Right and
Feminists 119
5. Voices from the Frontline 151
Conclusion: Winning the Battle against Extremism 175
A bout the Authors 197
Notes 199
Bibliography 235
Index 243