Muslim Women Seeking Power, Muslim Youth Seeking Justice

Studies from Europe, Middle East and Asia

Edited By: Mahmoud Abubaker, Christopher Adam-Bagley

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This volume explores employment equity for Muslim women and the identity of Muslim youth in an age of Islamophobia. It offers a worldwide perspective on overcoming discrimination, developing the idea of peaceful resistance and patience in the face of persecution.

This volume explores the two themes of equity in employment for Muslim women, and the identity and aspirations of Muslim youth in an age of…

This volume explores the two themes of equity in employment for Muslim women, and the identity and aspirations of Muslim youth in an age of Islamophobia in Western countries through conceptual and empirical studies of employment discrimination and alienation in the UK and the Netherlands. To these accounts are added a worldwide perspective on how women (and especially ethnic minority and Muslim women) experience, and try to overcome ethno-religious discrimination in entry to employment. The themes of Muslim women and youth struggling to survive are illustrated by accounts of teachers from Gaza who are providing ‘alternative families’ for children traumatised and orphaned through Israeli attacks. The idea of peaceful resistance, and Islamic patience in the face of persecution is developed throughout the book, and applied in a variety of settings.

Christopher Adam-Bagley is a Muslim-Quaker, and Emeritus Professor of Social Science at the University of Southampton, UK. He held research chairs in Child Welfare and Social Policy at the University of Calgary, Canada, and City University of Hong Kong. He is the author of more than 20 books, including Equality and Ethnic Identities: Studies of Self-Concept, Child Abuse and Education in a Changing English Culture (with Dr Alice Sawyerr, 2017).

Mahmoud Abubaker is Lecturer in International Human Resources Management at the Leeds Business School of Leeds Beckett University, UK. He previously taught Business Studies at Al Aqsa University, Gaza, for several years, and holds a doctorate in International Human Resources from Bradford University, UK. He has published academic studies of employment discrimination in Europe.

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