Islamic religious groups in contemporary United Kingdom

Abstract

The paper of Asiya Ayupova focuses on Islamic religious groups in today's Great Britain, their diversity, interaction and contradictions. This article seeks to analyze different Islamic traditions and movements within Great Britain. British Muslim communities comprise a diverse range of traditions, in which four major tendencies are identifiable: the largest numbers of followers come from the Barelwi tradition, followed by Deobandi, then Jamaat-i Islam inspired institutions, and finally the Ahl- i-Hadith network. The most distinctive feature of the Muslim community in Britain is its striking diversity. British Islam has become diversified to such an extent that it is no longer recognizable as a single movement, with the development taking unexpected turns that belie popular monolithic representations.