By Farzana Shain
ISBN-10: 1858567491
ISBN-13: 9781858567495
This can be a well timed empirical problem to present understandings of Muslim boys as a possibility to the social order and their meant radicalization. In interviews, Muslim schoolboys within the West Midlands demonstrate the preoccupations that form their social and political identity and understandings of masculinity, and their stories of schooling.
Cover; advent; 1: From the numbers video game to terroristsuspects ; 2: atmosphere the scene: theorising and learning adolescence stories; three: 'Muslim first': faith, politics and education; four: 'Asian boys run the school': racism and peer family members; five: Territory, turf and ladies; 6: relaxation, activity and song; 7: Aspirations, hopes and fears; eight: end; References; Index
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He suggested that Muslim Asians were torn between the culture and authority of their parents and their identities as British citizens and rejected both. The riots were therefore viewed as a rejection of Britishness rather than a call to be treated as equal citizens (Kundnani, 2001; Amin, 2002). 3. Terrorists, radicals and extremists The Rushdie affair was a major turning point for British Muslims, not only in terms of the re-categorisation of various ethnic (Mirpuri, Bangladeshi, Pakistani) groups into religious (Muslim) ones that it invoked, but also because it occurred around the same time as other protests involving Muslim youth in Europe’s inner cities.
Prevent, as we have designed it, can only work best if the vast majority of Muslims oppose violent extremism. Prevent is all about bringing the power of that majority to bear on the minority who would give the tacit support of verbal justification which can create the space in which terrorists recruit and act. (Denham, 2009, emphasis added) Denham went on to suggest that ‘silence can be interpreted as acquiescence or tacit acceptance’. In other words, as Spalek et al (2008) point out, the responsible and active Muslim citizen is required to engage in internal community surveillance.
To date, the Coalition government has promoted privatisation of education as the solution to disadvantage and economic decline. Thus raced and classed inequalities continue to be marginalised in the interests of a relentless pursuit of success, achievement and global competitiveness, deepening existing inequalities and divisions. 22 FROM THE NUMBERS GAME TO TERRORIST SUSPECTS Multiculturalism before New Labour Although it emerged from below as a challenge to previous assimilationist polices for the management of immigration, multiculturalism was not officially adopted by the state until after Scarman published his report into the inner city disturbances of 1981.
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