Leadership, Authority and Representation in British Muslim Communities

• Other Authors: Gilliat-Ray, Sophie (Editor), Timol, Riyaz (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Religion & beliefs; authentic Islam; imams; inclusion; mosque governance; mosques; Muslim women; Islam in Britain; British Muslims; religious authority; individualism; rationalisation of religion; representation; leadership; religious leadership; religious tribunals; Shariah tribunals; Islamic law; Muslim leadership; Muslim teachers; Muslims in Britain; education; religious education; RE teachers; tactical religion; strategic religion; authority; journalism; journalist-source relations; civic journalism; qualitative methods; mosque; conflict; imam; committee members; religious/bureaucratic authority; Islam; Muslim; Bangladeshi; Britain; Fultoli; Fultolir Sahib; Sylhet; Shah Jalal; Tablighi Jama'at; British mosques; Dewsbury Markaz; Hafiz Patel; Nizamuddin; Islamic revival; Deobandi; authority and leadership; Islamic knowledge; gender and piety; female Muslim authorities; Muslim subjectivities; Imam training; Muslim religious leadership; Islamic education; darul-ulums; Islamic studies; British Islam; Dar al-Uloom; Deoband; ulama; tradition; Darul Uloom; seminary; chaplaincy; accreditation; servant leadership; paraguiding; the jurisprudence of reality; British Muslim history; feminism; feminist history; British Muslim studies; Media Studies; Religious Studies; Islamic Studies; identity; Fuad Nahdi; Q-News; Sufism; faith-based representation; umbrella organisation; MCB; civil society; political participation; n/a; religious institutions; darul uloom; islamic education; ulema
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The contributions explore Muslim religious leadership in multiple forms and settings. While traditional authority is usually correlated with theology and piety, as in the case of classically trained ulema, the public advocacy of Muslim community concerns is often headed by those with professionalized skillsets and civic experience. In an increasingly digital world, both women and men exercise leadership in novel ways, and sites of authority are refracted from traditional loci, such as mosques and seminaries, to new and unexpected places. This collection provides systematic focus on a topic that has hitherto been given rather diffuse consideration. It complements historical work on community leadership as well as more contemporary discussion on the training and role of Islamic religious authorities. It will be of interest to scholars in Religious Studies, Sociology, Political Science, History, and Islamic Studies.