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Community, Identity and Institutionalization of Islamic Education: The Case of Ikra Primary School in North London

This article is based on ethnographic research among Turkish Muslims in London in 1994‐5. Sixteen parents from Turkey and thirteen parents of Turkish‐Cypriot origin were interviewed. In addition to in‐depth interviews, which overwhelmingly took place in Turkish, participant observation was employed as one of the indispensable tools of the ethnographic method. This involved gathering data in the natural social setting in which, as a researcher, I was able to gain access to the meaning of events and social interactions as understood by the group and the organisation under study. Ethnographic research is expected, as Jackson (1997) argues, to contribute to the reconstruction and elucidation of ‘the religious or cultural way of life of others’. It is argued in this article that Muslims in Europe display great diversity in expressing their religious identity, and employ different strategies in relation to the transmission of religious and cultural values to members of the younger generation. Turkish Muslims ar...