Repairing the Cracked lens: Redefining British Muslim Identity in Conservative Britain
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">The recent landmark election results in 2010 witnessed the end of an era for Labour under Gordon Brown and the herald of a new political landscape with the Coalition government of the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats. The challenges...
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| description | <p class="p1"><span class="s1">The recent landmark election results in 2010 witnessed the end of an era for Labour under Gordon Brown and the herald of a new political landscape with the Coalition government of the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats. The challenges for the new coalition are no less daunting than they were under the former government. The need to examine aspects of British identity from political and cultural perspectives has never been more poignant, especially in the face of continuing threats from domestic and international extremism – both far right and religious. The defeat of the BNP in Dagenham last year, resulting in all of its twelve councilors failing to be reelected can be considered a positive outcome for British politics so far as right wing extremism is concerned. The increase in Muslim MPs is also considered by many as another positive for British politics. While these apparent achievements may reflect the more appealing façade of the political climate, a redefining of who and what represents Muslim identity in 21</span><span class="s2"><sup>st</sup></span><span class="s1"> century Britain is necessary in view of the increasing misunderstanding and rictus gap between wider non-Muslim society and Muslim communities.</span> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-276b20d41dd7411890d80f3e4a4dacab2022-12-22T03:43:39ZengUniversity of St AndrewsJournal of Terrorism Research2049-70402011-03-012110.15664/jtr.177174Repairing the Cracked lens: Redefining British Muslim Identity in Conservative BritainAbdul Haqq Baker<p class="p1"><span class="s1">The recent landmark election results in 2010 witnessed the end of an era for Labour under Gordon Brown and the herald of a new political landscape with the Coalition government of the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats. The challenges for the new coalition are no less daunting than they were under the former government. The need to examine aspects of British identity from political and cultural perspectives has never been more poignant, especially in the face of continuing threats from domestic and international extremism – both far right and religious. The defeat of the BNP in Dagenham last year, resulting in all of its twelve councilors failing to be reelected can be considered a positive outcome for British politics so far as right wing extremism is concerned. The increase in Muslim MPs is also considered by many as another positive for British politics. While these apparent achievements may reflect the more appealing façade of the political climate, a redefining of who and what represents Muslim identity in 21</span><span class="s2"><sup>st</sup></span><span class="s1"> century Britain is necessary in view of the increasing misunderstanding and rictus gap between wider non-Muslim society and Muslim communities.</span>http://jtr.st-andrews.ac.uk/articles/177IslamUK |
| spellingShingle | Abdul Haqq Baker Repairing the Cracked lens: Redefining British Muslim Identity in Conservative Britain Journal of Terrorism Research Islam UK |
| title | Repairing the Cracked lens: Redefining British Muslim Identity in Conservative Britain |
| title_full | Repairing the Cracked lens: Redefining British Muslim Identity in Conservative Britain |
| title_fullStr | Repairing the Cracked lens: Redefining British Muslim Identity in Conservative Britain |
| title_full_unstemmed | Repairing the Cracked lens: Redefining British Muslim Identity in Conservative Britain |
| title_short | Repairing the Cracked lens: Redefining British Muslim Identity in Conservative Britain |
| title_sort | repairing the cracked lens redefining british muslim identity in conservative britain |
| topic | Islam UK |
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