About the editor; Illustrations; Tables; Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Muslim geographies -- spaces of hope?; Muslim geographies; Spaces of hope?; References; Part One -- Spaces of Hope?; 1 -- Spaces of hope: interventions; 2 -- Muslims in the West: deconstructing geographical binaries; 3 -- The hopeful and exclusionary politics of Islam in Australia: looking for alternative geographies of 'Western Islam'; Part Two -- Convivial Cities; 4 -- Veils and sales: Muslims and the spaces of post-colonial fashion retail; 5 -- Citizenship and faith: Muslim scout groups.
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Debates about contemporary Islam and Muslims in the West have taken some negative turns in the depressing atmosphere of the war on terror and its aftermath. This book argues that we have been too preoccupied with problems, not enough with solutions. It acknowledges but challenges what has come to be viewed as the 'Islamic problem' - the widespread perception or construction of Muslims as a troubled and troublesome minority - by asking what Muslims have to be hopeful about today, and how others might share this hope.
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Muslim spaces of hope.
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Islam and politics-- Western countries.
Islamic fundamentalism-- Western countries.
Muslims-- Western countries-- Politics and government.