This collection is one of the first to explore the everyday lives, political engagements and social practices of Scotland's Muslim communities. Themes include: education, health and well-being; sexuality, gender and age; integration, multiculturalism and citizenship; and heritage, media and representation.

1. INTRODUCTION: Scotland's Muslims: Early settlement, current context and research themes, Peter Hopkins;
2. HEALTH: The health profile of Muslims in Scotland, Maria Kristiansen and Aziz Sheikh
3. EDUCATION: Muslims and education outcomes, Elisabet Weedon and Sheila Riddell
4. POLITICAL PARTICIPATION: Young Muslims' political interests and political participations in Scotland, Robin Finlay, Peter Hopkins and Gurchathen Sanghera
5. GENDER AND MIGRATION: The role of the 'other' woman in shaping the subjectivities of recent Muslim migrant women to Scotland, Rebecca Syswerda
6. SEXUALITY: Scottish Muslim gay men and the troubling intersection of sexuality and religion, Asifa Siraj
7. YOUNG PEOPLE: Muslim youth in Scotland: Politics, identity and multicultural citizenship, Katherine Botterill, Gurchathen Sanghera and Peter Hopkins
8. GENERATIONAL RELATION: Gender and generational relations for Muslim women in Scotland, Hengameh Ashraf-Emami
9. HERITAGE: Feeling Scottish and being Muslim: Findings from the Colourful Heritage Project, Omar Shaikh and Stefano Bonino
10. MULTICULTURALISM: Multiculturalism and Scotland:'Bringing the outside into the middle', Nasar Meer
11. MEDIA: Muslim relations with the mainstream media in a Scottish context, Michael B. Munnik
12. REPRESENTATION: Representing Islam at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, Fayaz S. Alibhai
13. INTEGRATION: Halal Scots: Muslims' social integration in Scotland, Reza Bagheri

Peter Hopkins is Professor of Social Geography in the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle University, UK. He has conducted research about Muslims in Scotland for nearly twenty years now focusing on issues such as gender and generational relations, political participation and everyday racism. Previous co-edited books include Muslims in Britain (EUP) and Geographies of Muslim Identities (Ashgate).