Political Muslims

Political Muslims represents a significant work insofar as it provides an important and valuable alternative portrait of socially and politically engaged Muslim youth mobilizing their religious identity and particular interpretations of religion in ways that allow them to pursue political agendas.– “Peter Mandaville, professor of international affairs, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University”Muslim youth, like Muslims in general and Islam itself, resist narrow stereotypes and incendiary shibboleths. In Political Muslims both Islamism and Islamic radicalization are addressed, but so are music, sports and education. Indeed, no topic, no problem and no prejudice is omitted from this comprehensive, insightful and timely volume. Highly recommended for all categories of academics but also for all engaged in the new global politics marked by religious and cultural identities.– “Bruce B. Lawrence, professor emeritus of Islamic Studies, Duke University”

Tahir Abbas is a visiting senior fellow in the Department of Government at the London School of Economics. He is the author of Contemporary Turkey in Conflict: Ethnicity, Islam, and Politics.Sadek Hamid is a senior research assistant at Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies. He is the author of Sufis, Salafis, and Islamists: The Contested Ground of British Islamic Activism.