Tablighi Jamaat and the quest for the London mega mosque : continuity and change

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Tablighi Jamaat and the quest for the London mega mosque : continuity and change

Zacharias P. Pieri

(The modern Muslim world)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2015

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-187) and index

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Description

The book charts the attempts of Islam's largest missionary movement, the Tablighi Jamaat, to build Europe's largest mosque in London. Key themes include how Islamic movements engage and adapt within liberal democracies and how local contexts are key in understanding how and why movements operate in a given way.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Framing the Context 3. Conceiving Tablighi Jamaat 4. Tablighi Jamaat: Organization, Structure and Methods 5. Tablighis in Britain: Adapting to Shifting Contexts 6. Tablighi Jamaat in Transition 2005 - 2010 7. Tablighi Jamaat and the Politics of Adaptation 8. Tablighi Jamaat from Within 9. Conclusions

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