20 episodes

This course is designed to stimulate informed debate about the role of Islam in western societies. Issues explored include the diversity of western Muslim populations and leaders; the role of the media; Muslim education and social and political engagement; and the politics of multiculturalism. Controversial Muslim intellectual, Tariq Ramadan provides a challenging insider’s perspective on the issues discussed, plus other interviews with authors, critics and Muslim community leaders. The course will be of particular relevance to teachers, social workers, police and health professionals. This material is taken from The Open University Course AD252 Islam in the West: the Politics of Co-existence.

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This course is designed to stimulate informed debate about the role of Islam in western societies. Issues explored include the diversity of western Muslim populations and leaders; the role of the media; Muslim education and social and political engagement; and the politics of multiculturalism. Controversial Muslim intellectual, Tariq Ramadan provides a challenging insider’s perspective on the issues discussed, plus other interviews with authors, critics and Muslim community leaders. The course will be of particular relevance to teachers, social workers, police and health professionals. This material is taken from The Open University Course AD252 Islam in the West: the Politics of Co-existence.

    Islam in the West

    Islam in the West

    A short introduction to this album.

    • 55 sec
    Transcript -- Islam in the West

    Transcript -- Islam in the West

    A short introduction to this album.

    Contours of the Muslim landscape

    Contours of the Muslim landscape

    A discussion outlining the contours of the Muslim landscape in Britain.

    • 4 min
    Q-news Magazine

    Q-news Magazine

    A look at the Q-news magazine and its role within the Muslim community in Britain.

    • 4 min
    Reconciling Islam with the West

    Reconciling Islam with the West

    Professor Tariq Ramadan explains what led him to write Western Muslims and the future of Islam.

    • 5 min
    Rethinking the role of religion in identity

    Rethinking the role of religion in identity

    A look at Islam in continental Europe and America, and a look at research in this area and the lessons learnt.

    • 4 min

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