Identities and sense of belonging of muslims in Britain: using survey data, cognitive survey methodology, and in-depth interviews.

Thesis

The scope and principal arguments of the research in this thesis are as follows. This thesis is centered on exploring the identities and sense of belonging of Muslims in Britain. There is a strand of academic research which claims that Muslims in Britain are withdrawn from mainstream Britain because they live in segregated ethnic enclaves, participate in non-mainstream religions, and politically organize themselves via ethnically and religiously homogenous networks. This thesis attempts to...

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Authors: Ali, S; Dr. Sundas Ali

• Publication date: 2014
• DOI: 10.5287/ora-9ogbkagqz
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: Oxford University, UK
• Language: English
• Keywords: Sociology; Identity; Belonging; Britishness; Britain; Muslims.