List of Tables and Figures
Introduction
1: Muslims in the Twenty-First-Century University: Higher Education
and its Cultural 'Other'
2: Ethical Agency: Researching Islam on Campus
3: Diversity in the Muslim Student Experience: Individual and
Institutional Dimensions
4: How is Islam Known and Not Known on Campus?
5: Islam and Gender on Campus
6: Islam and Religious Diversity on campus: Negotiating Different
Lives Together
7: 'Radicalisation': Anxiety And Stigma In Campus Contexts
8: Multiple Hierarchies: The Politics of Knowledge in Islamic
Studies
9: Freedom of Speech and Academic Freedom
10: Conclusion
Appendix 1: What is the Religious Profile of Students in the UK's
Higher Education sector?
Appendix 2: The Demographic Constituency of the Survey Sample
Bibliography
Dr Alison Scott-Baumann is Professor of Society and Belief and
Associate Director of Research (Impact and Public Engagement) at
the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) University of
London, UK. Dr Mathew Guest is Professor in the Sociology of
Religion in the Department of Theology and Religion at Durham
University, UK, where he has taught since 2004. Dr Shuruq Naguib is
a Lecturer in Islamic Studies at Lancaster University, UK and
Associate Editor of the
Encyclopaedia of the Qur>'?n Online (Brill). Dr Sariya
Cheruvallil-Contractor is a Feminist Sociologist of Religion. She
is Assistant Professor and Research Group Lead for Faith and
Peaceful Relations
at the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, Coventry
University, UK. Dr Aisha Phoenix was the postdoctoral researcher on
the Re/presenting Islam on Campus research project based at SOAS
University of London. Her current research is on colourism.
This book is a sophisticated and robust examination of the
construction of Islam and the experiences of Muslims on UK
campuses, which important shares, not just the perspective of
Muslim students, but also that of non-Muslim students and staff ...
an important contribution for scholars of Islam in Europe and
America or of race and ethnic studies or for higher education
leaders and policy-makers.
*Daniel Azim Pschaida, Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly
Review*
Islam on Campus: Contested Identities and the Cultures of Higher
Education in Britain is an extensive and through issue unveiling
the public and official discourses about Islam and Muslim
identities represented in the changing natureof university life in
the UK.
*Ozge Onay, Ethnic and Racial Studies*
Islam on Campus is a very important and impressive book that will
be vital reading for those interested in the civic and public role
of universities, decolonisation of the curriculum, the study of
Islam within western systems of knowledge, the nature and
implications of the reach of the security agenda across public
life, and the terms of debate over gender and Islam. Throughout it
provides fresh thinking on often stale-mated debates on gender
equality, freedom of speech and religious accommodation, and
responses to security risks, and in ways that draw on rather than
suppress critical debate.
*Professor Therese O'Toole, School of Sociology, Politics and
International Studies, University of Bristol*
This ground-breaking work explores the crucial topics of
Islamophobia and its impact on Muslim students, and it also
explores how the securitization of Muslims on campus has
transformed campus life itself, significantly restricting both
freedom of expression and freedom of association. This book will be
necessary reading for both sociologists of religion and Islam, and
legal and political theorists interested in law and religion in
liberal democracies generally.
*Professor Mohammad Fadel, Faculty of Law, University of
Toronto*
Embedding the question of discrimination against Muslim students in
the wider context of the changing landscape of university education
in Britain, this timely book presents fascinating insights into the
role of marketisation of education, shifting social norms and
securitised bureaucratic preoccupations in shaping future citizens
of the country. The authors do not shy away from complexity; the
diversity among Muslims and the paradoxical role played by Islamic
Studies as a discipline are given thoughtful treatment here. They
do, however, make their detailed and methodologically rich analysis
available in lucid and jargon free language. An important study for
all concerned about the transformations in the education sector as
well as the dangers of schemes like PREVENT for all citizens, and
not just Muslims.
*Dr Humeira Iqtidar, Department of Political Economy, King's
College London*
This fascinating book successfully reviews the attitudes and
behaviours confronted by Muslim students in Higher Education.
Through comprehensive research, it demonstrates the presence of
hidden prejudice that confronts the Muslim students, exposing the
hurdles faced in their pursuit of academic success. At a time when
intolerance has become the accepted norm, this book is a step
forward in putting across ideas based on engagement, communicating
well and manifesting a real change and fresh thinking for enhancing
the university campus with the Islamic expert's voice. Of
particular importance is the co-operation between universities and
Muslim colleges.
*Dr Mohamed Mesbahi, Director of Education, The Islamic
College*
Scott-Baumann, Guest, Naguib, Cheruvallil-Contractor, and Phoenix
make a highly original, remarkable, and timely intervention. There
is much to think about-and with-here. Islam on Campus will inform
lively debates and furnish talking points on a hotly contested
topic for years to come, acting as a key step in the re-invention
of the university as a space that unites a plethora of ideas and
voices.
*Professor Ziad Elmarsafy, Department of Comparative Literature,
King's College London*
This book uncovers, and shows in words and figures, the hidden
prejudices and a climate of unfairness as well as the
securitisation of Muslims in Higher Education. It argues for a need
to develop more positive and constructive modes of respectful
engagement. The book is a valuable addition to understanding the
culture of universities in England.
*Professor Ataullah Siddiqui, Markfield Institute of Higher
Education*
Islam on Campus brings much-needed empirical study to bear on
debates about religion, discrimination, and securitization. It
casts light on the unexamined secularism of British universities
and the costs that are disproportionately borne by Muslim
students.
*Professor Linda Woodhead, Department of Politics, Philosophy, and
Religion, Lancaster University*
![]() |
Ask a Question About this Product More... |
![]() |