Muslim Schools, Communities and Critical Race Theory

Dr Damian Breen is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. His research interests are primarily focused on faith schooling; Muslim communities; Critical Race Theory; and political, educational and civic equity among marginalised groups.

“Muslim Schools, Communities and Critical Race Theory – Faith Schooling in an Islamophobic Britain? is a remarkable, detailed ethnographic study of independent and state-funded Muslim schools against the backdrop of two decades of British state’s policy framework on education and the rise of Islamophobia.” (Ali Azam, British Journal of Educational Studies, Vol. 67 (3), 2019)“The book succeeds with its larger argument because of the strong theoretical lens Breen brings to the subject along with the many new voices he includes through ethnographic research and interviews. … It will be most accessible to specialists in Islamophobia and CRT. Even so, its ideas are of great import for public discourse about Islam and Islamophobia in Britain, and that alone makes the book worth the effort for non-specialists.” (Todd Green, Reading Religion, readingreligion.org, October, 2018)

• Chapter One. British Muslim Communities, Faith Schooling and Critical Race Theory.- Chapter Two. Exploring the Application of Critical Race Theory to Muslims in Britain.- Chapter Three. Critical Race Theory, Policy Rhetoric and  Outcomes: The Case of Muslim Schools in Britain.- Chapter Four. Applying CRT in Research on Muslim Schools.- Chapter Five. Researching Muslim Schools in Practice.- Chapter Six. Muslim Schools as Mobilisations of Interests: How Islamic Schools Come into Being.- Chapter Seven. Community, Connectivity and Nuanced Needs.- Chapter Eight. Manifesting Educational and Islamic Interests in Independent and State-Funded Contexts.- Chapter Nine. In Conclusion: Distilling an Effective Counter-Narrative Around British Muslim Schools.