Methodological Eclecticism: Feminist-Pragmatist Reflections on Re/centering Muslims in Research about Islam

For over a decade, researchers have consistently asserted that Muslims in the West are ‘research weary’ (Sangera and Thapar- Bjökert 2008: 544), ‘tired of too much research about them’ (Alvi et al. 2003: p. xv) concerned ‘not being given opportunity to shape is them (Scott-Baumann 2020). Research on Muslim Britain further complicated by social hierarchies popular discourses often position as ‘different other’. Working within feminist-pragmatist epistemological framework this chapter will bring together methodological reflections from decade Islam West. It asserts need for paradigms grounded partnership positionality, which maintain intellectual rigour while also accountable people who subjects research.