![]() ![]() Parveen Akhtar is a British Academy Research Fellow at the University of Bristol, UK. British Muslim Politics is a refreshing look at how religion, ethnicity, people, and place shape contemporary politics. For over a decade the author has been embedded as a researcher in the Pakistani community and has thus had access to people, places, narratives and stories that allow her to provide a comprehensive account of political processes affecting this community. Sabine Kumar, a con-artist and cat burglar, returns to Delhi with a scheme to exact revenge on JJ Singh, her ex-partner and lover, who, five years prior, gave her up to the Indian police and cut a deal to save himself, sending her on the run. ![]() Arguing for a critical reappraisal of our views of 'Muslim' politics, the book takes a panoramic view of a decade that has seen many significant events shape the political practices of Pakistani Muslims in the UK (from the 2001 summer riots, to 9/11, to 7/7). Written from an insider perspective, British Muslim Politics, offers a unique take on a demographic group that has been the subject of much public and policy concern in recent times. ![]() This book is the first comprehensive study of politics, participation and civic engagement in Pakistani Muslim communities in the UK. ![]()
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