Martin Pugh is a historian of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Britain, and was formerly professor of modern British history at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. His publications include State and Society and The Pankhursts.

“Pugh sets out the past history to be seen through the prism of addressing contemporary prejudices.”—Ian G. Williams, The Muslim World Book Review  “Sweeping and humane ... Pugh's survey of Britain's encounters with Islam undermines the fallacy that the Muslim experience and the Western experience must inevitably stand in opposition to each other; on the contrary, Britain and Islam helps us to see them as complementary parts of the same human story.”—Christopher de Bellaigue, author of The Islamic Enlightenment“Offers compelling arguments that need to be made especially in the times in which we live where prejudice raises its ugly head within the highest political circles. Pugh is clearly an experienced political historian and handles the politics of West/Muslim encounters within the era of colonial and post-colonial periods in a masterly fashion. ”— Ron Geaves, author of Islam and Britain

Martin Pugh is a historian of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Britain, and was formerly professor of modern British history at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. His publications include State and Society and The Pankhursts.

“Pugh sets out the past history to be seen through the prism of addressing contemporary prejudices.”—Ian G. Williams, The Muslim World Book Review  “Sweeping and humane ... Pugh's survey of Britain's encounters with Islam undermines the fallacy that the Muslim experience and the Western experience must inevitably stand in opposition to each other; on the contrary, Britain and Islam helps us to see them as complementary parts of the same human story.”—Christopher de Bellaigue, author of The Islamic Enlightenment“Offers compelling arguments that need to be made especially in the times in which we live where prejudice raises its ugly head within the highest political circles. Pugh is clearly an experienced political historian and handles the politics of West/Muslim encounters within the era of colonial and post-colonial periods in a masterly fashion. ”— Ron Geaves, author of Islam and Britain

Martin Pugh is a historian of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Britain, and was formerly professor of modern British history at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. His publications include State and Society and The Pankhursts.

“Pugh sets out the past history to be seen through the prism of addressing contemporary prejudices.”—Ian G. Williams, The Muslim World Book Review  “Sweeping and humane ... Pugh's survey of Britain's encounters with Islam undermines the fallacy that the Muslim experience and the Western experience must inevitably stand in opposition to each other; on the contrary, Britain and Islam helps us to see them as complementary parts of the same human story.”—Christopher de Bellaigue, author of The Islamic Enlightenment“Offers compelling arguments that need to be made especially in the times in which we live where prejudice raises its ugly head within the highest political circles. Pugh is clearly an experienced political historian and handles the politics of West/Muslim encounters within the era of colonial and post-colonial periods in a masterly fashion. ”— Ron Geaves, author of Islam and Britain