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Islam in Victorian Britain

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An entertaining biography of Victorian Britain’s most notable Muslim, Abdullah Quilliam, the Sheikh of Islam of the British Isles.
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This is the first full biography of Abdullah Quilliam (1856–1932), the most significant Muslim personality in nineteenth-century Britain. Uniquely ennobled as the Sheikh of Islam of the British Isles by the Ottoman caliph Sultan Abdul Hamid II in 1893, Quilliam was a charismatic preacher, lawyer, writer, and community leader.

Ron Geaves was formerly Professor of the Comparative Study of Religion at Liverpool Hope University and has contributed substantially to the study of British Islam, religion in South Asia, and fieldwork in religious studies.

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Price: $25.95
Pages: 208
Publisher: Kube Publishing Ltd
Imprint: Kube Publishing Ltd
Publication Date: 17 October 2017
Trim Size: 8.38 X 5.63 in
ISBN: 9781847740106
Format: Paperback
BISACs:

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, RELIGION / Islam / History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious

Ron Geaves: Ron Geaves was formerly Professor of the Comparative Study of Religion at Liverpool Hope University and has contributed substantially to the study of British Islam, religion in South Asia and fieldwork in religious studies.
1. Introduction

2. William Henry Quilliam: A Victorian gentleman

3. Creating the Liverpool Muslim Institute, 1887-1899

4. The Rise and Fall of the Liverpool Muslim Institute, 1900-1908

5. Quilliam in Liverpool: The first multiculturalist

6. Quilliam and British Colonial Foreign Policy

7. The Ottomanist: Abdullah Quilliam’s Pan-Islamism

8. A Mysterious Twilight: Abdullah Quilliam as Henri de Léon, 1908-1932

9. Quilliam’s Children: His legacy and significance for British
Muslims