4 research outputs found
Cosmopolitanism and the unfollowable routines and rituals in Ishtiyaq Shukriâs The Silent Minaret:
This article explores how Ishtiyaq Shukriâs The Silent Minaret critiques the limited and severely uneven forms of hospitality that characterise post-9/11 Britain. It also examines how the text gestures towards the possibility of a non-violent, inclusive cosmopolitanism. The piece begins by relating recent debates surrounding the âWar on Terrorâ, as well as Britainâs decision to leave the European Union to the novelâs major concerns. It then turns to the novel, and summarises incidents in which the principal character, Issa Shamshuddin, is traumatised and harmed by the Islamophobia and anti-immigration policies evident in the London portrayed in the text. Next, it turns to an analysis of the strange and irreproducible rituals of Issaâs neighbour, Frances. The article concludes that that these unfollowable rituals posit how a truly cosmopolitan society would function