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Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor (ed.),

Jamie Gilham (ed.)

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1 February 2024

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Abstract

The history of British Islam and British Muslims is a growing area of interest among historians and the general public. But, whilst Muslim women have featured in some research, their lives and experiences have remained obscure, if not “hidden,” in both academic and popular discussion. Uncovering Muslim women’s experiences and contributions to society in past generations is essential for us to build a full picture of Muslim life in Britain, then and now. This is the first book to address that gap, telling the stories of Muslim women who lived in Britain between the mid-nineteenth and mid-twentieth centuries, from Victorian times to the years immediately after the Second World War–just before immigration profoundly affected the size and composition of Britain’s Muslim communities. It reveals a rich variety of experiences, including Muslim women who travelled to or away from Britain, and many who converted to Islam within the British Isles. Underpinned by feminist historical approaches, this ground-breaking book aims to make women visible where they have been hidden from or within history. Its fascinating accounts reinstate Muslim women as actors, storytellers and storymakers who have shaped the history of Britain and of “British Islam.”

Keywords: Islam, Muslim, women, Britain, British Islam, gender, history, nineteenth century, twentieth century

Subject

 History of Religion

Collection: Oxford Scholarship Online

Contents

• Front Matter
  • Copyright PageGet access
  • AcknowledgementsGet access
  • GlossaryGet access
  • List of AbbreviationsGet access
  • List of IllustrationsGet access
  • ForewordGet access
• Section 1 Why Uncover Muslim Women’s History?Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor and Jamie Gilham
  • ExpandIntroduction: Why Uncover the History of Muslim Women in Britain?Get accessSariya Cheruvallil-Contractor and Jamie GilhamView chapter
  • Expand1 Unequal History: Olive Salaman and (In)visibility in the Histories of Britain’s Earliest Female Converts to IslamGet accessSariya Cheruvallil-ContractorView chapter
• Section 2 Muslim Women in the First British MosquesSariya Cheruvallil-Contractor and Jamie Gilham
  • Expand2 Fatima Elizabeth Cates: The Life and Struggles of an Early Victorian Convert to IslamGet accessHamid MahmoodView chapter
  • Expand3 Dynamism and Discontent: Nafeesah M. T. Keep and Female Muslims in Victorian LiverpoolGet accessMatthew A. SharpView chapter
  • Expand4 Sultan Jahan and the Woking Muslim Mission: Representing Islamic Femininity during the First World WarGet accessDiane Robinson-DunnView chapter
• Section 3 British Muslim Women and Expanding Spheres of InfluenceSariya Cheruvallil-Contractor and Jamie Gilham
  • Expand5 ‘Fatma Hanim of the English Converts’: Hannah Rodda Robinson and the Ottoman CourtGet accessGareth WinrowView chapter
  • Expand6 ‘No Room at the Inn’: Bertha Cave, A Woman before Her TimeGet accessJudith BourneView chapter
  • Expand7 ‘Fairest of Women’: The Conversion to Islam and Muslim Life of Gladys Milton Brooke, Dayang Muda of SarawakGet accessJamie GilhamView chapter
• Section 4 Muslim Women in Britain Sojourners, Settlers, Legacy-MakersSariya Cheruvallil-Contractor and Jamie Gilham
  • Expand8 ‘We Were Not Anything Like What They Imagined!’: Muslim Women Travellers from South Asia to Britain, 1890s to 1930sGet accessSiobhan Lambert-Hurley and Daniel MajchrowiczView chapter
  • Expand9 Noor Inayat Khan: A British Muslim Hero?Get accessPir Zia Inayat KhanView chapter
  • AfterwordGet accessSariya Cheruvallil-Contractor and Jamie GilhamView chapter

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