Ahl-e-Hadith: from British India to Britain.

Submitted by Munir on Tue, 01/25/2022 - 09:30
Year
2021
Language
English
Abstract
Studies on Salafism tend to put the spotlight on the Middle East, rendering all other
movements as secondary offshoots. In the British context, research typically focuses on
British Salafi groups and their close relationship with Arab Salafis; it usually locates
the origins of the British Salafi movement in the 1980s with the rise of cohorts
among second-generation Muslims and converts to Islam, with fleeting remarks on
the South Asian Ahl-e-Hadith who migrated to Britain from the 1960s onwards.
This article recentres the South Asian Ahl-e-Hadith movement within the narrative
of British Salafism. Tracing its trajectory from its origins in British India to Britain,
this article argues that in the 1970s the Ahl-e-Hadith played a significant role in
laying the foundations for British Salafism. Furthermore, far from being eclipsed by
newer cohorts, it highlights the hitherto continuous presence of the Ahl-e-Hadith in
the British Muslim landscape and emphasizes its overlapping, yet distinct, position
in relation to the spectrum of Arab-inspired British Salafism.
English
ISSN/ISBN
14698099
No. of Pages
1-31
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