Postgraduate Course: Muslims in Britain: Migration, Faith and Identity (PG Version) (IMES11068)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course will introduce students to the diversity of Muslims and Muslim communities in Britain, covering aspects of history, politics and sociology. It will focus in particular on South Asians and their descendants but will also examine other communities - such as early converts to Islam, and the Yemenis who settled in port towns at the beginning of the twentieth century. This course is structured in a largely chronological manner, taking in over 100 years of history and highlighting key pivotal events for British Muslims including the Rushdie affair of 1989, the aftermath of 9/11 and the London bombings of 2005. Students will become familiar with the lived experiences of Muslims in Britain as well as the public debates which surround them, including issues of multiculturalism, security and Islamophobia. Consideration will also be given to the specific situation of Muslims in Scotland and how their experiences compare with their co-religionists in the rest of the UK.
Seminar discussions will include an engagement with primary sources relevant to the weeks topic.
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| Course description |
1- Who are British Muslims?
2- Britain's first Muslims
3- Post-colonial migration and the myth of return
4- The second generation and beyond
5- The Rushdie affair and the rise of Muslim consciousness
6- Muslim organisations and British Muslim political participation
7- 9/11, 7/7, and the consequences for British Muslims
8- Debates I: Islamophobia and religious identity
9- Debates II: gender and young people
10- Debates III: extremism, radicalisation and security
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
196 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
3000 Word Essay (65%)
1500 Word Minor Assignment (25%)
500 Word Class presentation (10%) |
| Feedback |
Class presentation & participation - Oral comments from lecturer and fellow students.
Written feedback on Learn
A short paper of 1500 words - Detailed written feedback from the essay marker.
A final essay of 3000 words - Detailed written feedback from the essay marker.
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Summarise the main demographic features of the various Muslim communities in Britain
- Identify key historical factors which led to the formation of early Muslim communities and the migration of Muslim settlers to Britain both pre and post WWII.
- Recognise the main theological trends which separate British Muslims and the sectarian influences within Islam in Britain; including their interactions, evolution and development within a British context.
- Explain how the identity of Muslims in Britain has been shaped by a range of internal and external factors and how this has developed over time.
- Demonstrate an awareness of UK public policy debates concerning Muslims, in particular; community cohesion, multiculturalism and security.
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Reading List
Ansari, H. (2005). The Infidel Within: Muslims in Britain since 1800. London: C. Hurst & Co.
Gilliat-Ray, S. (2010) Muslims in Britain : an introduction. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press.
These two books will form the core of the course and must be purchased by students.
Additional reading (all available in library catalogue):
Abbas, T (ed.) (2005) Muslim Britain: Communities Under Pressure. London: Zed books
Abbas, T. (2011) Islamic radicalism and multicultural politics: the British experience. London: Routledge.
Allen, C (2010) Islamophobia. Ashgate.
Ameli, S.R. (2002) Globalization, Americanization and British Muslim identity. London : ICAS Press
Beckford, JA. et al(2005) Muslims in prison: challenge and change in Britain and France. Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan.
Belton, B and Hamid, S (eds. 2011) Youth Work and Islam: A Leap of Faith For Young People. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.
Berns McGown, R. (1999) Muslims in the diaspora : the Somali communities of London and Toronto. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Bolognani, M. (2009) Crime and Muslim Britain: race, culture and the politics of criminology among British Pakistanis. London: I.B. Tauris.
Cesari, J. and McLoughlin, S. (eds) (2005) European Muslims and the secular state. Aldershot : Ashgate.
Din, I. (2006) The New British: The Impact of Culture and Community on Young Pakistanis. Aldershot: Ashgate.
Eade, J. (1989) The Politics of Community: The Bangladeshi Community in East London. Aldershot: Gower.
Fetzer, J. S., & Soper, J. C. (2005). Muslims and the state in Britain, France, and Germany. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Gabriel, T., Geaves, R. (eds. 2013) Sufism in Britain: Trends and Transformations. London: Bloomsbury Publishers.
Gilham, J (2014) Loyal Enemies: British converts to Islam, 1850-1950. London: Hurst.
Halliday, F. (2010) Britain's first Muslims: portrait of an Arab community. London: I.B. Tauris.
Hellyer, H.A. (2009) Muslims of Europe: the 'other' Europeans. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
Hopkins, P.E. (2005) Young Muslim men in Scotland : scales of in/exclusion and the location of identity. Ph.D. thesis: University of Edinburgh
Hopkins, P.E. and Gale, R.T. (eds) (2009) Muslims in Britain: Race, Place and Identities. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
Hussain, A.M. and Miller, W.L. (2006) Multicultural Nationalism: Islamophobia, Anglophobia, and Devolution. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Hussain, S. (2008) Muslims on the map : a national survey of social trends in Britain. London: I.B. Tauris.
Joly, D. (2005) Britannia's Crescent: Making a Place for Muslims in British Society. Aldershot: Avebury.
Kabir, N.A. (2010) Young British Muslims : identity, culture, politics and the media. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
Kalra, V. (2000). From textile mills to taxi ranks : experiences of migration, labour and social change. Aldershot: Ashgate.
Lewis, P. (2002) Islamic Britain: religion, politics and identity among British Muslims. London: I.B. Tauris.
Lewis, P (2007) Young, British and Muslim. London: Continuum.
Maan, B. (1992) The new Scots : the story of Asians in Scotland. Edinburgh : John Donald.
Maan, B. (2008) The thistle and the crescent. Glendaruel : Argyll Pub.
Malik, M (ed., 2010) Anti-Muslim prejudice, past and present. Routledge.
Matar, N (2008) Islam in Britain 1558-1683. Cambridge: CUP.
Meer, N. (2010) Citizenship, identity and the politics of multiculturalism : the rise of Muslim consciousness. Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan.
Modood, T (2005) Multicultural politics : racism, ethnicity, and Muslims in Britain. Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press.
Modood, T. et al (2006) Multiculturalism, Muslims and citizenship: a European approach. London : Routledge
Seddon, M S (2014) The Last of the Lascars: Yemeni Muslims in Britain 1836-2012. Markfield: Kube.
Visram, R. (2002) Asians in Britain: 400 years of history. London: Pluto press.
Wardak, A. (2000) Social control and deviance: a South Asian community in Scotland. Aldershot: Ashgate.
Weller, P. (2009) A Mirror for Our Times: The Rushdie Affair and the Future of Multiculturalism. London: Continuum.
Werbner, P. (1990) The migration process: capital, gifts and offerings among British Pakistanis. Oxford : Berg
Werbner, P. (2002) Imagined diasporas among Manchester Muslims : the public performance of Pakistani transnational identity politics. Oxford : J. Currey.
Zebiri, K. (2008) British Muslim converts: choosing alternative lives. Oxford : Oneworld Publications |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | MiB |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Khadijah Elshayyal
Tel: (0131 6)50 4305
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Course secretary | Mr Iain Sutherland
Tel: (0131 6)51 3988
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