| Description |
vi, 272 p. |
| Series |
Muslim minorities, 1570-7571 ; v. 9 |
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Muslim minorities ; v. 9.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Allah is everywhere, even in New Zealand -- Field research -- Community, identity, diversity -- The beginnings -- Muslim representation -- Organisational functions and aims -- Outreach programmes -- The myth of Muslim unity -- Living among infidels -- Orientalism and Islamophobia -- Converts -- Students -- The right to be different : Muslims in the public sphere -- The New Zealand state and multiculturalism -- Secularisation and the right to religion -- Legal instruments -- 'Racial' harmony through interfaith activity -- Education and policy framework -- Democratic participation and public visibility of Muslims -- The difficulty in standardisation of Islamic exceptionalism -- Rivals for custodianship of public morality -- Integration and conflict discourses -- 'When in Rome do as the Romans do' -- The necessity of minority integration -- Conflict discourses -- Blasphemous libel and Islam -- Danish cartoons rock the world -- The Pope's gaffe -- Gender issues : women are equal but different -- Of gender separation and inequality -- Concepts of decency and modesty -- The Burqa case -- Hijab versus Burqa -- Whose authority? -- The Burqa's challenge to multiculturalism -- Globalisation, political Islam and the rise of fundamentalism -- Is extremism rising in New Zealand? -- 'Fundamentalists' and 'moderates' fighting over the Christchurch Mosque and Halal meat -- Muslim firebrand preachers -- Re-Islamisation and fundamentalisation in the world -- Fundamentalism is not all the same -- The radical concept of Jihad -- The spectre of terrorism -- The Zaoui case -- Epilogue: Muslims in the world. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Muslims -- New Zealand -- Social conditions.
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Muslims -- Cultural assimilation -- New Zealand.
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Muslims -- New Zealand -- Ethnic identity.
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Multiculturalism -- New Zealand.
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Group identity -- New Zealand.
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Islam -- New Zealand.
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New Zealand -- Social conditions.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9789004178359 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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900417835X (hardback : alk. paper) |
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9789047440703 (electronic bk.) |
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