"Many British Muslims are young. Their median age is 25, compared with 40 for all Britons. British-born Muslims do not see a trade-off between their nationality and their religion, says Shelina Janmohamed, vice-president of Ogilvy Noor, an advertising agency specialising in Muslim consumers, and author of “Generation M”, a study of young Muslims. Many are more pious than their elders. But they want a religious experience that reflects their daily lives, delivered in a language that they understand."

I wrote about this issue in my PhD, which I defended in 1996. It's a familiar theme, that comes around every generation. The element that is new relates to the integration of cyber Islamic environments into the conversations about religious authority

Tags: Religious Authority, British Muslims