"What is the fundamental nature of "British Islam"? What kind of message is being conveyed by British Muslims? This book helps answer such questions, providing an in-depth series of case-studies of the most influential voices in the contemporary Muslim community in Britain. Dr Haifaa Jawad's sensitive evaluation of Islam in Britain debunks the media stereotypes of British Islam, and reveals instead that what inspires the finest minds of the British Muslim community is a creative synthesis between what is most noble in British culture and what is most profound in Islamic faith."

- Reza Shah-Kazemi, author of The Other in the Light of the One—The Universality of the Qur'an and Interfaith Dialogue (Cambridge, 2006),

'This book's fascinating case studies of influential native British Muslim writers and thinkers provide a revealing illustration of the manifold spiritual, intellectual and aesthetic attractions of the Islamic tradition, and an inspiring window on human, personal dimensions of Islam too often neglected in the recent media focus on Muslim immigration and Islamist political ideologies.Prof. Jawad's historical and contextual chapters also highlight earlier key European Muslim figures whose pioneering works and teaching were often the inspiration for her contemporary biographical subjects here.'

- Dr J.W. Morris, Professor of Islamic Studies, Boston College, United States,

'Those who give Jawad's scholarship its due and read her work carefully will discover that the greatest contribution of this book is that, perhaps unwittingly, it offers hope: hope for a world of shared humanity, of shared values, and of understanding and tolerance.'

- Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl, Alfi Distinguished Professor of Islamic Law, UCLA School of Law, USA,