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Educating Muslims in the Multi-Faith World makes the case for a
contemporary educational philosophy of Islam to help Muslims
surmount the challenges of post-modernity and to transcend the
hiatuses and obstacles that Muslim face in their interaction and
relationships with non-Muslims and visa-versa. It argues that the
philosophy of critical realism in its original, dialectical and
meta-Real moments so fittingly 'underlabours' (Bhaskar 1975) for
the contemporary interpretation, clarification and conceptual
deepening of Islamic doctrine, practice and education as to suggest
and necessitate a distinctive branch of critical realist
philosophy, specifically suited for this purpose. The book proceeds
to explain how Islamic Critical Realism can revive and re-energise
interpretation of the consensual elements of Islamic doctrine such
as the six elements of Islamic belief and the five 'pillars' of
Islamic practice so that these essential features of the Islamic
way of life can help believers contribute positively to life in
multi-faith democracies in a globalising world.Finally, the book
shows how this Islamic Critical Realist approach can be brought to
bear in humanities classrooms in history, religious education and
citizenship to help Muslim young people negotiate and discover
innovatively traditional Islamic approaches in the fields of
education, economics, culture, gender-relations and inter-faith
dialogue in 'new' Western Islamic and multi-faith contexts. Hence,
this book provides a comprehensively theorised approach to thinking
about Islam and Muslims in education to help Muslim and non-Muslim
teachers, pupils and citizens to think creatively and coherently
about the meanings of Islam in the West.
Are you a prison officer who feels nervous about dealing with
Muslims on the wings? Are you a prison chaplain who wants to know
how your chaplaincy affects the lives of prisoners? Are you a
policymaker who needs a robust base of evidence for Islam in
prison? Are you an academic or a journalist seeking ground-breaking
social science in a contentious field? Based on original evidence
from 279 Muslim prisoners and 79 prison officers, we explore how
Muslims come to be incarcerated, how the practice of Islam affects
prison life and rehabilitation, the types of Islam and the effects
of Islamic conversion in prison and the professional practice of
officers and chaplains. We also investigate the common belief that
incarceration fosters Islamist extremism and suggest improvements
to faith provision and rehabilitative opportunities for Muslim
prisoners.
A Fresh Look at Islam in a Multi-Faith World provides a
comprehensively theorised and practical approach to thinking
systematically and deeply about Islam and Muslims in a multi-faith
world. It makes the case for a contemporary educational philosophy
to help young Muslims surmount the challenges of post-modernity and
to transcend the hiatuses and obstacles that they face in their
interaction and relationships with non-Muslims and visa-versa. It
argues that the philosophy of critical realism in its original,
dialectical and metaReal moments so fittingly 'underlabours'
(Bhaskar, 1975) for the contemporary interpretation, clarification
and conceptual deepening of Islamic doctrine, practice and
education as to suggest a distinctive branch of critical realist
philosophy, specifically suited for this purpose. This approach is
called Islamic Critical Realism. The book proceeds to explain how
this Islamic Critical Realist approach can serve the interpretation
of the consensual elements of Islamic doctrine, such as the six
elements of Islamic belief and the five 'pillars' of Islamic
practice, so that these essential features of the Muslim way of
life can help Muslim young people to contribute positively to life
in multi-faith liberal democracies in a globalising world. Finally,
the book shows how this Islamic Critical Realist approach can be
brought to bear in humanities classrooms by history, religious
education and citizenship teachers to help Muslim young people
engage informatively and transformatively with themselves and
others in multi-faith contexts. A Fresh Look at Islam in a
Multi-Faith World has been awarded the 2015 Cheryl Frank Memorial
Prize
"He commanded those pilots to dive. To ignore their screens and fly
into each other. Whatever the reasons." Stricken by the loss of his
family in a plane crash, Nikolai Koslov resolves to see justice
done. His lonely, unwavering quest takes him to the edge of reason,
vengeance and the meaning of mutual forgiveness. A taut, thrilling
and contemporary tale, Matthew Wilkinson's new play brings to the
stage the spare, emotional clout of a Greek tragedy. My Eyes Went
Dark premiered at the Finborough Theatre, London in August 2015 and
was nominated for three Off West End Awards including Best Play. It
transferred to the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh 2016 and 59E59
Theatres, New York 2017.
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