Dissertations and theses
PhD theses
More recent successful doctoral theses are currently subject to a time-limited ‘bar on access’ and will become available when this bar of access expires.
2022
Jones, Laura 2022. Ramadan in the UK: A month of ambiguity. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
2020
Khan, Ayesha 2020. SUFISTICATED: Exploring post-Tariqa Sufi expression amongst young British Muslims. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
2019
Sidat, Haroon 2019. Formation and training of British Muslim scholars (Ulama): An ethnography of a Dar al-Uloom in Britain. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
2018
Vince, Matthew 2018. Muslim identities in contemporary Britain: The case of Muslim religious education teachers. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
Khan, Asma 2018. Beliefs, choices, and constraints: understanding and explaining the economic inactivity of British Muslim women. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
2017
Timol, Riyaz 2017. Spiritual wayfarers in a secular age: the Tablighi Jama'at in modern Britain. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
2016
Ahmed, Abdul-Azim 2016. Sacred rhythms: an ethnography of a Cardiff mosque. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
2013
Morris, Carl 2013. Sounds Islamic? Muslim music in Britain. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
Warden, Rosalind 2013. A sociological study of Islamic social work in contemporary Britain. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
MA dissertations
All dissertations by Jameel scholars for the Master's degree 'Islam In Contemporary Britain' since the programme began.
2021 – 2022
Bethan Gibbs
Twenty Years of Gender and Islam in the British News
2019-2020
Sam Bartlett
An Alternative Account of Muslim Home-Education: Escaping the Lens of Muslim Exceptionalism
Sami Bryant
Islamic Environmental Activism: the case of Muslims for Extinction Rebellion
Hamzah Zahid
I’tikāf: A British Muslim’s Spiritual Sojourn
2018–2019
Seherish Abrar
Female ‘Ulama in West Yorkshire
Muhammad Belal Ghafoor
The future of Muslim religious leadership in Scotland
Megan Richards
Team sport in Wales: Access and engagement for Muslim women. A specific focus on netball in the region
Rory Wade
Is anti-Ahmadiyya discrimination an issue in the British Muslim community?
2017–2018
Hasnan Hussain
How do British Muslims who have same-sex attractions negotiate their identity?
2016 - 2017
Jamilla Hekmoun
To what extent, if any, is anti-blackness a problem within Muslim communities in Britain?
2015–2016
Faisal Ali
Policing Campus: Muslim students and Prevent
Grace Phelps
What does the use of online matrimonial sites reveal about British Muslim women today?
2014–2015
Thomas Walters
British Muslims’ experiences of interfaith dialogue
2013–2014
Sandra Maurer
Embodying the Qur’an in 21st century Britain: a case study with a Muslim university student
Natasha Tiley
British-Muslim perceptions of 'Citizen Khan'
2012–2013
Anisa Ather
Why are British Muslims writing? Interviews with three British-Muslim memoir writers
2011–2012
Ellora Adam
Exploring the role and potential of theatre in Islamic supplementary education
Fambaye Sow
What are British Muslims’ perceptions in regard to the situation of Muslims in France?
2010–2011
Abdul-Azim Ahmed
Visual Dhikr: a visual analysis of mosques in Cardiff
Adviya Khan
Muslim women in hip-hop: an ethnographic study of ‘poetic pilgrimage’
Emily-Rose Lewis
The Living Islam Festival: An Example of a British Muslim Community?
2009–2010
Helen Falconer
Gathering for the sake of Allah: an ethnographic account of a women’s Halaqa group in Cardiff
Mustafa Hameed
British Muslims and developing notions of citizenship
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