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Zaheer, Mohammad (2017) Modes of Religiosity and Attitudes Towards Community Cohesion and Social Integration Among British Sunni Muslims. PhD thesis, Markfield Institute of Higher Education/University of Gloucestershire. doi:10.46289/HILS6055
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Abstract
This thesis explored the relationship between religious diversity, formation of religiosities and their impact on the perception and attitude towards integration of the Muslim communities into the wider British society among select group Muslim activists, faith leaders and associated with the transnational Islamic revivalist groups in the UK. The main focus of the study was on finding out ways in which religiosity of participants shapes their views on community cohesion and social integration within the secular and religiously diverse British society. This study utilized an empirical case study design to explore its key questions including several qualitative data collection instruments and analysis procedures. The study sample included participants selected from major transnational movements based in two cities in the UK. Participants‟ religiosity has been explored through adopting the semi-structured „Muslim Subjectivity Research Model‟ suggested by Sahin (2014). The impact of religiosities on the formation of perception and attitudes towards community cohesion and social integration among the study participants were explored through a semi structure „Integration‟ focused interviews (IFI) designed by the researcher. The data analysis revealed the overwhelming presence of „foreclosed modes of religious subjectivity‟ among study participants. The participants with a foreclosed religious subjectivity exhibited a literal and ahistorical conception of Islam and were found to be less likely to identify them with the wider society and engage with social and community integration and cohesion. There was only one participant whose religiosity showed clear exploratory features that emerged as a result of his attendance to a critical postgraduate programme in Islamic Education designed to enable Muslim faith leaders to become reflective practitioner. The study discussed the significance of the results and their implications in detail and offered further research and policy recommendations.
| Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) | |||||||||
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Religious diversity; British Muslims; Immigrant communities; Muslim integration; Islamophobia | |||||||||
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races |
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| Divisions: | Schools and Research Institutes > School of Creative Arts | |||||||||
| Depositing User: | Anna Kerr | |||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 31 Mar 2025 10:13 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 31 Mar 2025 10:13 | |||||||||
| URI: | https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/id/eprint/14908 |
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