Sufis, Salafis and Islamists

Sadek Hamid is currently a British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Lecturer in Islamic Studies at Liverpool Hope University. He has written widely about British Muslims, young people and religious activism and is the editor of Young British Muslims: Between Rhetoric and Real Lives (2016) and co-editor of Youth Work and Islam: a Leap of Faith for Young People (2011).

• AcknowledgementsList of abbreviationsIntroduction“Taking Islam to the People:” The Young Muslims UK“Khalifah Coming soon:” The Rise and Fall of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Britain“Returning to the Quran and Sunnah:” The Salafi DawahSufism Fights back: The Emergence of the “Traditional Islam” NetworkDiscourses of Dawah: Understanding the Appeal of the TrendsFragmentation and Adaptation: The Impact of Social ChangeContemporary British Islamic ActivismNotesBibliography

A valuable contribution to scholarship relating to Muslims in Britain and has started to fill in one of the many gaps in the field. Methodologically, the book represents years of careful research, providing a comprehensive insider account of these movements. It is furthermore theoretically rigorous, while also accessible enough for the introductory reader. One is therefore left hoping that it will receive the wide reading – especially among journalists and policy-makers – that it so richly deserves.