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The methodology of the study is two-pronged, combining the traditional methods of sociology using refined statistical tools and traditional anthropological tools of interviewing in the context of participant observation. This double-checking through qualitative and quantitative data must have been an onerous task and inspires a high degree of confidence in this scholar's results.
Although identity studies have been around for a long time, Saied Ameli contributes to the honing and refining of a concept that has been increasingly shown to be fluid at least in the post-modern era A realistic grasp of identity in the post-modern, multi-cultural situation that is the focus of this study is bound to be complex. The scholar gives us a thought provoking illumination of how Muslims in Britain see themselves. As I mentioned above, the book limits itself to the study of the Diaspora Muslims of South Asian or Middle Eastern origin and does not analyze the identity crisis faced by revert Muslims or British Muslims of African Caribbean extraction. Nevertheless, this is a very important book for anyone interested in sociology, critical theory, and postmodern studies. The language, however, will prove to be a challenge for those not very familiar with the discourse under investigation.
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