Reviews
'This is an excellent text on the history of Muslim converts in the Victorian and Edwardian period up until the arrival of post-Second World War migrations, and appears at a time when young British Muslims are rediscovering or uncovering their shared history in the UK. Jamie Gilham's research is exemplary, shedding light on the motivations for conversion and the processes of situating Islam in a new European environment. Loyal Enemies should be required reading for anyone interested in the creation of a Muslim presence in the UK.' --Ron Geaves, Professor of Studies of Religions, Liverpool Hope University, and author of Abdullah Quilliam: The Life and Times of a Victorian Muslim
'This is a well-researched and extraordinary account of British converts to Islam, ranging from my great-grandfather's elder brother Henry Stanley, first Muslim peer of the realm, to Harry St John Philby, uncritical fan of Ibn Saud and Wahabism. They all swam resolutely against the tide of public opinion of their day.' --Lord Avebury, Liberal Democrat Peer
'Gilham explores how from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century a small stream of Britons, in the face of public criticism, converted to Islam. They ranged from the aristocratic Lord Stanley of Alderley to the middle-class Abdullah Quilliam to the working-class wives of lascars in the port cities. It is a fascinating story which demonstrates how, before the large Muslim migrations of the 1950s, Islam already had firm roots in British society.' --Francis Robinson, Professor of the History of South Asia, Royal Holloway, University of London
Loyal Enemies: British Converts to Islam, 1850-1950
by Jamie Gilham
--- Jamie Gilham is a historian whose research focuses on the modern history and politics of Islam and Muslims in Britain. He holds a PhD from Royal Holloway, University of London.
SPECIAL DETAILS:
'This is an excellent text on the history of Muslim converts in the Victorian and Edwardian period up until the arrival of post-Second World War migrations, and appears at a time when young British Muslims are rediscovering or uncovering their shared history in the UK. Jamie Gilham's research is exemplary, shedding light on the motivations for conversion and the processes of situating Islam in a new European environment. Loyal Enemies should be required reading for anyone interested in the creation of a Muslim presence in the UK.' --Ron Geaves, Professor of Studies of Religions, Liverpool Hope University, and author of Abdullah Quilliam: The Life and Times of a Victorian Muslim
'This is a well-researched and extraordinary account of British converts to Islam, ranging from my great-grandfather's elder brother Henry Stanley, first Muslim peer of the realm, to Harry St John Philby, uncritical fan of Ibn Saud and Wahabism. They all swam resolutely against the tide of public opinion of their day.' --Lord Avebury, Liberal Democrat Peer
'Gilham explores how from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century a small stream of Britons, in the face of public criticism, converted to Islam. They ranged from the aristocratic Lord Stanley of Alderley to the middle-class Abdullah Quilliam to the working-class wives of lascars in the port cities. It is a fascinating story which demonstrates how, before the large Muslim migrations of the 1950s, Islam already had firm roots in British society.' --Francis Robinson, Professor of the History of South Asia, Royal Holloway, University of London
Loyal Enemies: British Converts to Islam, 1850-1950
by Jamie Gilham
--- Jamie Gilham is a historian whose research focuses on the modern history and politics of Islam and Muslims in Britain. He holds a PhD from Royal Holloway, University of London.
SPECIAL DETAILS:
- First account of the history and remarkable lives of British converts to Islam during the heydey of Empire
- The themes of faith, loyalty, identity and discrimination still resonate today
- Considers why Britons converted to Islam historically and how that conversion was received by mainstream society
- New insight into the history of Islam and the "West"
Hardcover
AVAILABLE 15 June 2014
256 Pages
5.4x8.4 inches
ISBN: 9780199377251
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AVAILABLE 15 June 2014
256 Pages
5.4x8.4 inches
ISBN: 9780199377251
Go to link: http://global.oup.com/academic/product/loyal-enemies-9780199377251?prevSortField=1&sortField=8&start=0&resultsPerPage=20&lang=en&cc=us&prevNumResPerPage=20