This unique collaboration between scholars, practitioners and Muslim artists profiles emerging forms of contemporary British Muslim art, prompting a debate about its inclusion in UK society. It features analysis of Muslim art as a category, as well as accounts of creatives who are often at the margins of the British arts industry.

Sadek Hamid is a Research Fellow at the University of Wales Trinity St David.

Stephen H. Jones is a Lecturer in the Department of Theology and Religion, University of Birmingham.

Introduction (Sadek Hamid and Stephen H. Jones); Part I: The Cultural Politics of British Muslim Artistic Production; 1. A British Muslim Arts Movement: Public Politics or Religious Devotion? (Carl Morris); 2. Decentring the Colonial Gaze: The Framing of Islamic Art (Shaheen Kasmani); Part II: Art in Contemporary British Muslim Culture; 3. The Nature of Islamic Art: Locating a Tradition of Fitrah in the Art and Culture of Islam, with Particular Reference to Calligraphy (Razwan ul-Haq); 4. What is Post-tariqa Sufism? (Ayesha Khan); 5. God and Grime: The Religious Literacy of British Hip Hop (Abdul-Azim Ahmed); Part III: The Inclusion of British Muslim Art; 6. The Playground for Dangerous Ideas: Muslims and British Theatre (Hassan Mahamdallie); 7. Arts, Heritage and Islamic Manuscripts (Neelam Hussain); 8. Flawed and Toxic? Challenges in Contemporary Islamic Art in the UK (Sara Choudhrey); Conclusion: The Future of British Muslim Arts (Sadek Hamid and Stephen H. Jones)