Worktown and Muslims
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The Town
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In the 1930s, Bolton was the site of Mass Observation’s first major research project, and subsequent restudies allow us to track in detail the decline of Christianity in the town. It was also the site of the first major Muslim demonstration against Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses. The reaction of Boltonians to Islam is discussed as an introduction to wider consideration of the impact of the growth of Islam in Britain. Detailed discussion of media coverage of Muslims and of attitude survey data makes the case that, while some British people dislike Islam, a more powerful trend is growing hostility to any religion that is taken seriously enough to intrude on the public sphere.
2005 ◽
Vol 10
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pp. 95-109
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1999 ◽
Vol 4
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pp. 171-187
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2016 ◽
Vol 12
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pp. 21-36
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2020 ◽
Vol 37
(1)
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pp. 101410
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