| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 272 pages) |
| Series |
Muslim minorities, 1570-7571 ; v. 9 |
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Muslim minorities ; v. 9.
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| 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 |
| Summary |
Issues of integration, multiculturalism and policies of ethnic and religious minority rights have gained greatly in significance in recent years, especially in relation to Muslims. This book deals with the Muslim minority in New Zealand, with special emphasis on policy aspects relevant to the integration of Muslims in the host society. The book also discusses many other issues, among which are Muslim political representation, inner coherence of the Muslim community, effects of public policies, differentiated citizenship, gender issues and gender equality, and points of friction with the encaps |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| 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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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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Group identity
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Islam
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Multiculturalism
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Muslims -- Cultural assimilation
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Muslims -- Ethnic identity
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Muslims -- Social conditions
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Social conditions
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Islam
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Muslim
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| SUBJECT |
New Zealand -- Social conditions
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| Subject |
New Zealand
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Neuseeland
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789047440703 |
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9047440706 |
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1282950622 |
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9781282950627 |
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9786612950629 |
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6612950625 |
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