Youth Work and Islam A Leap of Faith for Young People

Youth Work and Islam provides an eclectic focus, reflecting it duel inspirations of its title. It considers how youth work can be informed by Islam but at the same time looks at how practice can be pertinent to young Muslims, their community and relations

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Youth Work and Islam A Leap of Faith for Young People Edited by

Brian Belton Sadek Hamid YMCA George Williams College, London, UK

SENSE PUBLISHERS ROTTERDAM/BOSTON/TAIPEI

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ISBN: 978-94-6091-634-2 (paperback) ISBN: 978-94-6091-635-9 (hardback) ISBN: 978-94-6091-636-6 (e-book)

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CONTENTS

Introduction ........................................................................................................... vii CONTEXT 1. Youth work and Islam – a growing tradition ....................................................... 3 By Brian Belton 2. Enhancing youth Work Practice through the concepts of Islamic Morality and Education........................................................................ 29 By Tahir Alam 3. Young, British and Muslim .............................................................................. 39 By Sughra Amed 4. Islamophobia and the politics of young British Muslim ethno-religious identities .................................................................... 53 By Tahir Abbas YOUTH WORK THEORY 5. Working with Muslim Youth – a question of distinctiveness ............................................................................ 75 By Julie Griffiths 6. Mapping Youth Work with Muslims in Britain ............................................... 83 By Sadek Hamid 7. Every Muslim Youth Matters: The 4 Ps of Muslim Participation .................................................................... 99 By Maurice Irfan Coles REFLECTIONS ON YOUTH WORK PRACTICE 8. Living Islam ...................................................................................................... 115 By Anon 9. Young Muslims and marginalisation ................................................................ 127 By Firzana Khan

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10. Preventing Violent Extremism Scheme and the nexus of control .............................................................................. 135 By Irfan Shah 11. Ummah and youth work .............................................................................. 145 By Mark Roberts 12. Islam and Education in the Community context ......................................... 155 By Zoey Williams 13. Mercy – crossing the boundaries ................................................................ 167 By Brian Belton 14. Promoting Christian/Muslim dialogue between young people of faith .............................................