Reposessing Islam: Affective Identity and Islamic Fundamentalism in Hanif Kureishi

The present article argues that the processes which seem to have spawned the contemporary generation of British jihadists started in 1980s Britain, when Thatcherite practices led to the rise of racism and the suppression of dissident voices, a by-product of which was the disassociation of Muslim imm...

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Main Author: Andreas Athanasiades
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2015-04-01
Series:Indialogs: Spanish Journal of India Studies
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Online Access:https://revistes.uab.cat/indialogs/article/view/17