Muslims in Scotland
Subtitle: The Making of Community in a Post-9/11 World
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781474408011
Subjects: Muslims, europe
Description: The experience of being a Muslim in Scotland today is shaped by the global and national post-9/11 shift in public attitudes towards Muslims, and is infused by the particular social, cultural and political Scottish ways of dealing with minorities, diversity and integration. This book explores the settlement and development of Muslim communities in Scotland, highlighting the ongoing changes in their structure and the move towards a Scottish experience of being Muslim. This experience combines a sense of civic and social belonging to Scotland with a strong religious and ideological commitment to Islam. --