Stephen H. Jones is Lecturer in the Department of Theology and Religion, University of Birmingham, UK. He was General Secretary of the Muslims in Britain Research Network between 2017 and 2020. He is a sociologist of religion who writes about Islam in the UK, Islamophobia, and religion and politics.

Stephen Jones has produced the first book of its kind, a work that considers the interaction of political liberalism with actual lived Islam in Britain. Islam and the Liberal State is both an urgent read in these populist times and a far-reaching vision for a better future.

• List of AbbreviationsGlossary of Non-English TermsPreface and Acknowledgements1. Introduction: Islam, Liberalism and the Nation–State2. The Shifting Foundations of Islamic Britain3. Islamic Education: Schooling for Naql-heads?4. What is the Future for Muslim Personal Law in Britain?5. Muslims and the State: Neither Agents nor Enemies6. ConclusionNotesBibliography

Stephen H. Jones is Lecturer in the Department of Theology and Religion, University of Birmingham, UK. He was General Secretary of the Muslims in Britain Research Network between 2017 and 2020. He is a sociologist of religion who writes about Islam in the UK, Islamophobia, and religion and politics.

Stephen Jones has produced the first book of its kind, a work that considers the interaction of political liberalism with actual lived Islam in Britain. Islam and the Liberal State is both an urgent read in these populist times and a far-reaching vision for a better future.

• List of AbbreviationsGlossary of Non-English TermsPreface and Acknowledgements1. Introduction: Islam, Liberalism and the Nation–State2. The Shifting Foundations of Islamic Britain3. Islamic Education: Schooling for Naql-heads?4. What is the Future for Muslim Personal Law in Britain?5. Muslims and the State: Neither Agents nor Enemies6. ConclusionNotesBibliography

Stephen H. Jones is Lecturer in the Department of Theology and Religion, University of Birmingham, UK. He was General Secretary of the Muslims in Britain Research Network between 2017 and 2020. He is a sociologist of religion who writes about Islam in the UK, Islamophobia, and religion and politics.

Stephen Jones has produced the first book of its kind, a work that considers the interaction of political liberalism with actual lived Islam in Britain. Islam and the Liberal State is both an urgent read in these populist times and a far-reaching vision for a better future.

• List of AbbreviationsGlossary of Non-English TermsPreface and Acknowledgements1. Introduction: Islam, Liberalism and the Nation–State2. The Shifting Foundations of Islamic Britain3. Islamic Education: Schooling for Naql-heads?4. What is the Future for Muslim Personal Law in Britain?5. Muslims and the State: Neither Agents nor Enemies6. ConclusionNotesBibliography