Secularism and Identity Non-Islamiosity in the Iranian Diaspora
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Biographical note
Reza Gholami is Lecturer in the Sociology of Education at Middlesex University, UK.’By investigating Muslim diasporic modes of the secular Gholami redresses the tendency of most research on Muslim minorities in Europe which overemphasises their Islamic dimension. At the same time, he successfully challenges simplistic dichotomies of devout versus secular Muslims.’ Oliver Scharbrodt, University of Chester, UK ’This comprehensive and readable book is a major contribution and addition to the growing literature on Iranian and Muslim immigrants in diaspora, and a valuable book for anyone concerned with the complex relationships between migration, religion, diaspora, identity, and secularism.’ Mohsen M. Mobasher, University of Houston-Downtown (UHD), USA ’Muslim heritage diasporas in the UK especially are often presumed to be un-problematically religious. Reza Gholami’s interesting study of the Iranian middle class in London successfully challenges such ideas and contributes to a new body of work on secular and non-religious identifications. Combining cultural theory with ethnographic vignettes, he shows how contested discourses of modernity, freedom and anti-religion have all been imaginatively reconstructed in media, art and everyday practices across the generations.’ Seán McLoughlin, University of Leeds, UK