Loyal enemies : British converts to Islam, 1850-1950 /

Loyal Enemies uncovers the history of the earliest British converts to Islam who lived their lives freely as Muslims on British soil, from the 1850s to the 1950s. Drawing on original archival research, it reveals that people from across the range of social classes defied convention by choosing Islam...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gilham, Jamie
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Subjects:	Muslim converts from Christianity > Great Britain > Biography. Muslims > Great Britain > Biography. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies. HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain. RELIGION / Islam / History.

Table of Contents:

1. Britain's First Muslim Peer of the Realm: Henry Stanley and Islam in Victorian Britain
2. 'A Witness Shall be Raised out of Every Nation': W. H. Abdullah Quilliam and Islam, 1856-1932
3. 'Upholding the Banner of Islam': The Liverpool Muslim Institute and British Converts, 1887-1908
4. 'Buckling on the Armour of Islam': British Conversions, 1908-1953
5. 'Sending Up a Silent Prayer for Allah': British Muslim Lives, 1908-1953
6. 'Loyal Enemies'? Identities, Allegiances and the Eclipse of British Muslims in Late-Imperial Britain.