or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering.
 
 
More Buying Choices
15 used & new from £10.25
Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
   
The Infidel within: The History of Muslims in Britain, 1800 to the Present
 
 
Share your own customer images
Search inside this book

The Infidel within: The History of Muslims in Britain, 1800 to the Present (Paperback)

by Humayun Ansari (Author)
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
RRP: £14.95
Price: £13.20 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions
You Save: £1.75 (12%)
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
In stock.
Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk. Gift-wrap available.

Want guaranteed delivery by Thursday, November 12? Choose Express delivery at checkout. See Details
12 new from £10.25 3 used from £10.25
Other Editions: RRP: Our Price: Other Offers:
Hardcover Order it used

Frequently Bought Together

The Infidel within: The History of Muslims in Britain, 1800 to the Present + Young, British and Muslim + Western Muslims and the Future of Islam
Price For All Three: £30.48

Show availability and shipping details

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Young, British and Muslim

Young, British and Muslim

by Jon Snow
£8.79
Western Muslims and the Future of Islam

Western Muslims and the Future of Islam

by Tariq Ramadan
3.5 out of 5 stars (4)  £8.49
Reporting Islam: Media Representations of British Muslims

Reporting Islam: Media Representations of British Muslims

by Elizabeth Poole
£11.74
Muslim Britain: Communities Under Pressure

Muslim Britain: Communities Under Pressure

by Tahir Abbas
5.0 out of 5 stars (2)  £15.61
Radical Reform: Islamic Ethics and Liberation

Radical Reform: Islamic Ethics and Liberation

by Tariq Ramadan
5.0 out of 5 stars (1)  £10.89
› Explore similar items

Product details

  • Paperback: 438 pages
  • Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd (5 April 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1850656851
  • ISBN-13: 978-1850656852
  • Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 14 x 3.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 38,590 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

    Popular in these categories:

    #1 in  Books > Society, Politics & Philosophy > Social Sciences > Multicultural Studies > Islamic Studies
    #24 in  Books > History > Religious History > Islam
    #38 in  Books > Religion & Spirituality > Islam

    •  Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

Customers Viewing This Page May Be Interested in These Sponsored Links

  (What is this?)
   Britain In 1800 opens new browser window
Ask.com  -  Find the Best Results for Britain In 1800. Ask us! 
  
 

Product Description

Review

'An excellent job of providing a historical and country-wide account which is not only descriptive but analytical. It is fluently written and easily accessible to a wide range of readers and has the potential of becoming the initial reference text for people starting research in the area as well as a required text for university courses.' --Jorgen S. Nielsen, Professor of Islamic Studies, University of Birmingham


Product Description

There has been an explosion of research into the experiences of British Muslims, but what has been conspicuous by its absence is a proper historical treatment of the phenomenon. This text aims to address this issue. Reissued with a new cover design in spring 2009, The Indfidel Within remains one of the leading books on the subject.
See all Product Description
Inside This Book (Learn More)
Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index
Search inside this book:

Tags Customers Associate with This Product

 (What's this?)
Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
 
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
(1)
(1)
(1)
See all 10 tags...

Your tags: Add your first tag
 
See most popular tags

What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?

The Infidel within: The History of Muslims in Britain, 1800 to the Present
87% buy the item featured on this page:
The Infidel within: The History of Muslims in Britain, 1800 to the Present 4.0 out of 5 stars (1)
£13.20
Young, British and Muslim
6% buy
Young, British and Muslim
£8.79
Muslim Britain: Communities Under Pressure
3% buy
Muslim Britain: Communities Under Pressure 5.0 out of 5 stars (2)
£15.61
Muslims in Britain: Race, Place and Identities
3% buy
Muslims in Britain: Race, Place and Identities
£16.83
Explore similar items
 

Customer Reviews

1 Review
5 star:    (0)
4 star:
 (1)
3 star:    (0)
2 star:    (0)
1 star:    (0)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
4.0 out of 5 stars (1 customer review)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most Helpful Customer Reviews

 
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars "(British) Muslims Definitive Account of History & Analysis from 1800 to Post 2001!", 11 May 2009
By Matloub Husayn-Ali-Khan "Matloub" (South Yorkshire, Sheffield, UK) - See all my reviews
On reading Professor Ansari's voluminous, wide-ranging (historical/analytical) and fascinatingly well-written book : "The Infidel Within" & sub-titled: "Muslims in Britain since 1880", confirmed to me what life would have been like in that period of 1920s-30s depression and with local evidence of the Muslim presence in Burngreave, Sheffield. According to Professor H. Ansari around 50 Muslims lived as settlers in South Shield and my own understanding of this history of Black migration to Britain and events of the 1919 riots in Cardiff/Liverpool/South Shields as commonly described as against 'Black' people, under the umbrella term but on closer examination there were many Muslim victims. Interestingly, Ansari provides so much other information on Muslims to mention a few famous Muslims from 1800 to 1945 including the sad demise of Abdullah Yusuf Ali whose translation of the Q'uran to English in the 1930s is still popular reference point for all Muslims, including me. Others like Allama Iqbal revered as 'philosopher-poet' of the east & founder of Pakistan Mohammed Ali Jinnah - with other snippets of information of the first burial in Britain of an Indian Muslim soldier who died on the western front in November 1914, many Muslim converts including the Lady Evelyn Cobbold probably the first Englishwoman to set foot in Mecca!

Ansari utilises excellent secondary sources through people like R. Ramdin & P. Fryer. Also, his section on Assimilation, Integration, and Accommodation: Aspects of Muslim Engagement with British Society since 1945 and the famous words on Integration by Roy Jenkins (Home Secretary) in 1966 is mentioned twice! Sadly, Ansari fails to recognise/mention the legacy of the Asian Youth Movements (AYM's) when Muslims, Sikhs, Hindus and Christians worked together in the struggle for justice & he does mention the formation of the Indian Workers Association in 1938 by Akbar Khan and two Sikhs! He also does mention the "Muslim Youth Movement" in the late 1970s and early 1980s in Bradford - which seems to overlaps with the formation of Asian Youth Movement in the same period and only a fleeting reference to the AYM on the issue of single-sex schools in 1983.

In addition, Ansari's research is selective and with biases in favour of Pakistanis and which ignores the independent analysis undertaken by Roger Ballard in March 1991: of the strong disillusionment about the way Pakistan has treated Azad Kashmiri Muslims. However, in his debate on "enculturation" He argues: "...people may identify with certain characteristics of another group without forgoing their own ethnic group allegiance, and thereby redefine or update conception of their own ethnicity..." He then quotes from Nasreen Ali's summary on enculturation in her 1999 study of the Kashmiri Community in Luton, seems to suggest his lack of understanding on the issue?

In contrast, his excellent analysis of the Muslim experience of being in three distinct phases starting from the mid 1950s to 1970s of: "radical adjustment to the environment". The second phase from the beginning & end of 1970s decade as: "began to get used to the environment...cope with everyday life". The third phase from 1980s to 1990s was: "...the initial uncertainties were largely overcome and migrants were in a position to participate and to contribute...knew their rights... established cultural and religious institutions and, having achieved a measure of economic success, had acquired greater self-confidence..."

Finally, I found his points on Crusades to Islamaphobia including the Satanic Verses Controversy (Rushdie Affair) impact on the Muslim community up to 2001, very useful when he said: "...can we trace a continuous line from the Crusades through the Ottoman empire and European colonisation and the Islamaphobia of the 1990s..." In recent times, the 'riots' in Bradford in July 2001 and the events of 11th September 2001 (9/11) events in New York, USA which further compounded the Muslim psyche, globally.

Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)


Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 
 
Only search this product's reviews


Customer Discussions

This product's forum
Discussion Replies Latest Post
No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
 


Active discussions in related forums
   
Related forums

Listmania!

Create a Listmania! list

Look for similar items by category

Look for similar items by subject















i.e., each product must be in subject 1 AND subject 2 AND ...

Feedback

Ad

Your Recent History

 (What's this?)

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.