This paper presents a tentative argument for the application of a unique methodological approach in researching convert Muslims in contemporary Britain. By throwing into relief some of the theoretical limitations of previous studies on the topic, a case is made for a dialectical model of thinking that foregrounds Islamic epistemology and places it into conversation with a critical posture. The article contributes to a wider discourse within academia about the ability of the contemporary study of religion to reflect the increasingly diverse world of religious and non-religious practice found in contemporary Britain. It is critical of the over enfranchisement of secular readings of Islamic conversion specifically, and orientalist framings of Islamic identity generally. I conclude by asserting insider positionality and the primacy of reflexivity as an approach to ensure intellectual rigour.

本文提出了在研究当代英国皈依穆斯林时应用独特方法论的初步论证。通过揭示先前有关该主题的研究的一些理论局限性，提出了一种辩证思维模型，该模型突出了伊斯兰认识论，并将其置于批判态度的对话中。这篇文章有助于学术界更广泛地讨论当代宗教研究是否有能力反映当代英国日益多样化的宗教和非宗教实践世界。它批评对伊斯兰皈依的世俗解读的过度授权，以及对伊斯兰身份的东方主义框架的过度认可。最后，我主张内部立场和反身性作为确保知识严谨性的首要方法。