TY - GEN AU - Gilliat-Ray,Sophie AU - Timol,Riyaz AU - Gilliat-Ray,Sophie AU - Timol,Riyaz TI - Leadership, Authority and Representation in British Muslim Communities SN - books978-3-03943-742-9 PY - 2021/// CY - Basel, Switzerland PB - MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute KW - Religion & beliefs KW - bicssc KW - authentic Islam KW - imams KW - inclusion KW - mosque governance KW - mosques KW - Muslim women KW - Islam in Britain KW - British Muslims KW - religious authority KW - individualism KW - rationalisation of religion KW - representation KW - leadership KW - religious leadership KW - religious tribunals KW - Shariah tribunals KW - Islamic law KW - Muslim leadership KW - Muslim teachers KW - Muslims in Britain KW - education KW - religious education KW - RE teachers KW - tactical religion KW - strategic religion KW - authority KW - journalism KW - journalist-source relations KW - civic journalism KW - qualitative methods KW - mosque KW - conflict KW - imam KW - committee members KW - religious/bureaucratic authority KW - Islam KW - Muslim KW - Bangladeshi KW - Britain KW - Fultoli KW - Fultolir Sahib KW - Sylhet KW - Shah Jalal KW - Tablighi Jama’at KW - British mosques KW - Dewsbury Markaz KW - Hafiz Patel KW - Nizamuddin KW - Islamic revival KW - Deobandi KW - authority and leadership KW - Islamic knowledge KW - gender and piety KW - female Muslim authorities KW - Muslim subjectivities KW - Imam training KW - Muslim religious leadership KW - Islamic education KW - darul-ulums KW - Islamic studies KW - British Islam KW - Dar al-Uloom KW - Deoband KW - ulama KW - tradition KW - Darul Uloom KW - seminary KW - chaplaincy KW - accreditation KW - servant leadership KW - paraguiding KW - the jurisprudence of reality KW - British Muslim history KW - feminism KW - feminist history KW - British Muslim studies KW - Media Studies KW - Religious Studies KW - Islamic Studies KW - identity KW - Fuad Nahdi KW - Q-News KW - Sufism KW - faith-based representation KW - umbrella organisation KW - MCB KW - civil society KW - political participation KW - n/a KW - religious institutions KW - darul uloom KW - islamic education KW - ulema N1 - Open Access N2 - 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 UR - https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/3348 UR - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/68338 ER -