Full Description
This book focuses on the way Muslims and mainstream societies in the West, especially in America, Australia, and Europe, perceive each other. It focuses on the meaning of being a Muslim in a multicultural, multi-religious, and technologically developed world. The essays in the volume explore the socio-political, cultural, and historical differences between the two groups, Muslims and Western societies, while attempting to reconcile some of these differences in creative ways by initiating constructive dialogues between them. It also takes into account the tensions, challenges, and complexities between these communities across various contexts, including, schools, universities, media, government, private, and public institutions. This volume thus explores this interplay between perceptions and misperceptions by delving into the societal structures of Western host and immigrant communities.
Contents
List of Tables and Figures
Foreword
Understanding Islam-West Relations and Muslim and Non-Muslim Mutual Perceptions
Abe W. Ata and Jan A. Ali
I. Perceptions and Attitudes
1. Attitudes of School-Age Muslim Australians towards Gender and Religious Discrepancies: A National Survey
Abe W. Ata
2. How Mainstream Australian Students Perceive Muslims and Islam: A National Survey
Abe W. Ata
3. Framing, Branding, and Explaining: A Survey of Perceptions of Islam and Muslims in the Canadian Polls, Government, and Academia
Ali Dizboni and Christian Leuprecht
II. Inclusion and Exclusion
4. Integrated Acculturation and Contact Strategies to Improve Anglo-Muslim Relations in Australia
Hisham M. Abu-Rayya
5. Australian Muslims as Radicalised 'Other' and Their Experiences of Social Exclusion
Jan A. Ali
6. Young Muslims in Australia and the US: The Focus on the 'Muslim Question'
Nahid A. Kabir
7. Islam-West Relations and the Rise of Muslim Radicalism and Global Jihadism
Jan A. Ali and Drew Cottle
8. Engaging with Islam, Engaging with Society: The Participation of Muslims in Dutch Society
Thijl Sunier
III. Faith and Identity
9. 'Muslims in the Modern Sense': Kabyles Negotiating Religious Identity in the Czech Republic
Tereza Hyánková
10. Faith, Identity, and Ideology: Experiences of Australian Male Converts to Islam
Paul Mitchell and Halim Rane
11. Muslim Communities in a Catholic Country: The Case of Italy
Enzo Pace and Khalid Rhazzali
Bibliography
Index
About the Editors and Contributors
