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Author Berns McGown, Rima, author.

Title Muslims in the diaspora : the Somali communities of London and Toronto / Rima Berns McGown
Published Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, ©1999

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 302 pages)
Contents CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- GLOSSARY -- A -- B -- D -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- M -- N -- Q -- S -- U -- Z -- Introduction: Challenges in the Diaspora -- 1 Context -- 2 Cultural Integration -- 3 Islam in London and Toronto -- 4 Transfer of Values -- 5 Bridging Two Worlds: Weaving Two Cultures -- 6 London and Toronto -- 7 Integration -- Conclusion: Transformative Islam -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T
Uv -- w -- y -- z
Summary Explores the balancing act of living as a Muslim in the west. It is a comparison of the Somali communities in London, England and Toronto, and is based on a series of in-depth interviews with over 80 Somali women, men and teenagers in those cities
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Social adjustment.
Muslims -- Non-Islamic countries.
Somalis -- Ontario -- Toronto
Somalis -- England -- London
Refugees -- Ontario -- Toronto
Refugees -- England -- London
Refugees -- Somalia
Somalis -- Cultural assimilation -- Ontario -- Toronto
Somalis -- Cultural assimilation -- England -- London
Social Adjustment
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration.
Muslims
Refugees
Social adjustment
Somalis
Somali (volk)
Assimilatie (sociologie)
England -- London
Non-Islamic countries
Ontario -- Toronto
Somalia
Genre/Form Electronic books
e-books.
Livres numériques.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781442677470
1442677473