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Apart - Alienated and Engaged Muslims in the West (Paperback)
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Apart - Alienated and Engaged Muslims in the West (Paperback)
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Muslim minorities comprise an ever-increasing proportion of
Europe's population, but are official strategies to thwart
home-grown terrorism forcing Muslims further to the fringe of our
societies? For every terror suspect we see handcuffed in a
televised trial, thousands of young Muslims outside the courtroom
live an alienated existence in the boroughs and barrios of the
Western world. Apart explores the nature of their disaffection and
attraction to groups that undermine the system that remains their
primary means of inclusion in society. Based on research conducted
in London's East End and Madrid's Lavapies district, and drawing on
over one hundred interviews with extremists, gangsters, imams,
elders, politicians, and those just trying to get by, Justin Gest
explores young Muslims' daily realities. Taking issue with
conventional interpretations of inequality, discrimination and
religion, he argues that alienated behaviour is distinguished not
by structural factors, but by the expectations and perceptions of
social agents. Gest shows that-contrary to conventional
wisdom-attempts at assimilation are often unconnected with an
individual's sense of inclusion. Paradoxically, social and
political integration are characteristic of those who spurn the
social and political system, while the individuals most acutely
aware of the rights, liberties and cultural mores of democracy are
most likely to have the deepest sense of disappointment about their
non-fulfillment. Gest also discusses young Muslims' need for
norm-based stability in an era characterised by contested beliefs
about nation, state, and faith. While sounding an unambiguous
warning to European policy-makers, Apart presages an imminent
American experience with the same challenges. How both government
and peoples discipline their fear and understand their Muslim
citizens may shape democratic social life in the foreseeable
future.
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