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By Haifaa A. Jawad

Despite the present damaging photo of Islam in Europe there was a gradual development of converts to Islam during the last few many years. British converts are a hugely assorted crew, with assorted social, financial and academic backgrounds. lately this crew has grown in self belief and turn into more and more lively in influencing confident Islamic discourse in Britain. The e-book sheds mild at the highbrow and non secular contributions of a few of the well-known figures of this team of ‘new Muslims’, and assesses their efforts in shaping Islam in British society; together with: Martin Lings, Gai Eaton, Tim wintry weather and Hamza Yusuf.

The study investigates the capability profit ‘new Muslims’ can carry to bridge the distance among Muslim groups and wider British society, therefore assisting within the strategy of construction mutual belief, higher cooperation and optimistic realizing between all events in Britain. The paintings can help readers to detect the evolution of a “British Islam” that's extra open, rooted in British values and non secular traditions, and types part of the constantly altering British non secular panorama.

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