Author: H. A. Hellyer
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 0748642080
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The interchange between Muslims and Europe has a long and complicated history, dating back to before the idea of 'Europe' was born, and the earliest years of Islam. There has been a Muslim presence on the European continent before, but never has it been so significant, particularly in Western Europe. With more Muslims in Europe than in many countries of the Muslim world, they have found themselves in the position of challenging what it means to be a European in a secular society of the 21st century. At the same time, the European context has caused many Muslims to re-think what is essential to them in religious terms in their new reality.In this work, H.A. Hellyer analyses the prospects for a European future where pluralism is accepted within unified societies, and the presence of a Muslim community that is of Europe, not simply in it.
Muslims at the Margins of Europe
Author: Tuomas Martikainen
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004404562
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
This volume focuses on Muslims in Finland, Greece, Ireland and Portugal, representing the four corners of the European Union today. It highlights how Muslim experiences can be understood in relation to a country’s particular historical routes, political economies, colonial and post-colonial legacies, as well as other factors, such as church-state relations, the role of secularism(s), and urbanisation. This volume also reveals the incongruous nature of the fact that national particularities shaping European Muslim experiences cannot be understood independently of European and indeed global dynamics. This makes it even more important to consider every national context when analysing patterns in European Islam, especially those that have yet to be fully elaborated. The chapters in this volume demonstrate the contradictory dynamics of European Muslim contexts that are simultaneously distinct yet similar to the now familiar ones of Western Europe’s most populous countries.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004404562
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
This volume focuses on Muslims in Finland, Greece, Ireland and Portugal, representing the four corners of the European Union today. It highlights how Muslim experiences can be understood in relation to a country’s particular historical routes, political economies, colonial and post-colonial legacies, as well as other factors, such as church-state relations, the role of secularism(s), and urbanisation. This volume also reveals the incongruous nature of the fact that national particularities shaping European Muslim experiences cannot be understood independently of European and indeed global dynamics. This makes it even more important to consider every national context when analysing patterns in European Islam, especially those that have yet to be fully elaborated. The chapters in this volume demonstrate the contradictory dynamics of European Muslim contexts that are simultaneously distinct yet similar to the now familiar ones of Western Europe’s most populous countries.
The Muslim Discovery of Europe
Author: Bernard Lewis
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393321657
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
The author examines the sources and nature of Muslim knowledge of the West. He explores the subtle ways in which Europe and Islam have influenced each other over seven centuries.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393321657
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
The author examines the sources and nature of Muslim knowledge of the West. He explores the subtle ways in which Europe and Islam have influenced each other over seven centuries.
The Idea of Europe
Author: Anthony Pagden
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521795524
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Discusses how a distinctive 'European' identity has grown over the centuries, especially with the EU.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521795524
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Discusses how a distinctive 'European' identity has grown over the centuries, especially with the EU.
Muslims in the Enlarged Europe
Author: Brigitte Marechal
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9047402464
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
This volume describes a clear and overall overview on contemporary European Islam, dealing with both Western and Eastern sides. Based on wide bibliographic research as well as original national contributions from recognised scholars, it is concerned with the process of construction of Islam as well as its co-inclusion in the European societies. Muslims in the Enlarged Europe has been selected by Choice as Outstanding Academic Title (2005).
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9047402464
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
This volume describes a clear and overall overview on contemporary European Islam, dealing with both Western and Eastern sides. Based on wide bibliographic research as well as original national contributions from recognised scholars, it is concerned with the process of construction of Islam as well as its co-inclusion in the European societies. Muslims in the Enlarged Europe has been selected by Choice as Outstanding Academic Title (2005).
The Emancipation of Europe's Muslims
Author: Jonathan Laurence
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691144222
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
The Emancipation of Europe's Muslims traces how governments across Western Europe have responded to the growing presence of Muslim immigrants in their countries over the past fifty years. Drawing on hundreds of in-depth interviews with government officials and religious leaders in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Morocco, and Turkey, Jonathan Laurence challenges the widespread notion that Europe’s Muslim minorities represent a threat to liberal democracy. He documents how European governments in the 1970s and 1980s excluded Islam from domestic institutions, instead inviting foreign powers like Saudi Arabia, Algeria, and Turkey to oversee the practice of Islam among immigrants in European host societies. But since the 1990s, amid rising integration problems and fears about terrorism, governments have aggressively stepped up efforts to reach out to their Muslim communities and incorporate them into the institutional, political, and cultural fabrics of European democracy. The Emancipation of Europe’s Muslims places these efforts--particularly the government-led creation of Islamic councils--within a broader theoretical context and gleans insights from government interactions with groups such as trade unions and Jewish communities at previous critical junctures in European state-building. By examining how state-mosque relations in Europe are linked to the ongoing struggle for religious and political authority in the Muslim-majority world, Laurence sheds light on the geopolitical implications of a religious minority’s transition from outsiders to citizens. This book offers a much-needed reassessment that foresees the continuing integration of Muslims into European civil society and politics in the coming decades.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691144222
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
The Emancipation of Europe's Muslims traces how governments across Western Europe have responded to the growing presence of Muslim immigrants in their countries over the past fifty years. Drawing on hundreds of in-depth interviews with government officials and religious leaders in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Morocco, and Turkey, Jonathan Laurence challenges the widespread notion that Europe’s Muslim minorities represent a threat to liberal democracy. He documents how European governments in the 1970s and 1980s excluded Islam from domestic institutions, instead inviting foreign powers like Saudi Arabia, Algeria, and Turkey to oversee the practice of Islam among immigrants in European host societies. But since the 1990s, amid rising integration problems and fears about terrorism, governments have aggressively stepped up efforts to reach out to their Muslim communities and incorporate them into the institutional, political, and cultural fabrics of European democracy. The Emancipation of Europe’s Muslims places these efforts--particularly the government-led creation of Islamic councils--within a broader theoretical context and gleans insights from government interactions with groups such as trade unions and Jewish communities at previous critical junctures in European state-building. By examining how state-mosque relations in Europe are linked to the ongoing struggle for religious and political authority in the Muslim-majority world, Laurence sheds light on the geopolitical implications of a religious minority’s transition from outsiders to citizens. This book offers a much-needed reassessment that foresees the continuing integration of Muslims into European civil society and politics in the coming decades.
Muslims in Poland and Eastern Europe
Author: Katarzyna Górak-Sosnowska
Publisher: Katarzyna Górak-Sosnowska
ISBN: 8390322951
Category : Muslims
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
Publisher: Katarzyna Górak-Sosnowska
ISBN: 8390322951
Category : Muslims
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
Muslims in Interwar Europe
Author:
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
ISBN: 9789004287839
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
This title will be available online in its entirety in Open Access. In "Muslims in Interwar Europe," various contributors argue that Muslims constituted a group of engaged actors in the European and international space of that time.
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
ISBN: 9789004287839
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
This title will be available online in its entirety in Open Access. In "Muslims in Interwar Europe," various contributors argue that Muslims constituted a group of engaged actors in the European and international space of that time.
Muslims in 21st Century Europe
Author: Anna Triandafyllidou
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134004451
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
This book explores the interaction between native majorities and Muslim minorities in different European countries. It highlights the internal diversity of both minority and majority populations and critically analyses the political and institutional responses to the presence of Muslims. The book also looks at how national governments and other stakeholders construct (Muslim) difference in public discourse.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134004451
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
This book explores the interaction between native majorities and Muslim minorities in different European countries. It highlights the internal diversity of both minority and majority populations and critically analyses the political and institutional responses to the presence of Muslims. The book also looks at how national governments and other stakeholders construct (Muslim) difference in public discourse.
Muslims and the Making of Modern Europe
Author: Emily Greble
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0197538800
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
Drawing upon Muslim Europe's own voices, institutions, and experiences, this compelling work reframes the debates on European secularism, the historic role of Shari'a law in diverse European states, Muslims and Nazis, Muslims and Communists, and the contributions of Muslims to Europe today.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0197538800
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
Drawing upon Muslim Europe's own voices, institutions, and experiences, this compelling work reframes the debates on European secularism, the historic role of Shari'a law in diverse European states, Muslims and Nazis, Muslims and Communists, and the contributions of Muslims to Europe today.
Islam in Europe
Author: Aziz Al-Azmeh
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521860116
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Events over recent years have increased the global interest in Islam. This volume seeks to combat generalisations about the Muslim presence in Europe by illuminating its diversity across Europe and offering a more realistic, highly differentiated picture. It contends with the monist concept of identity that suggests Islam is the shared and main definition of Muslims living in Europe. The contributors also explore the influence of the European Union on the Muslim communities within its borders, and examine how the EU is in turn affected by the Muslim presence in Europe. This book comes at a critical moment in the evolution of the place of Islam within Europe and will appeal to scholars, students and practitioners in the fields of European studies, politics and policies of the European Union, sociology, sociology of religion, and international relations. It also addresses the wider framework of uncertainties and unease about religion in Europe.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521860116
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Events over recent years have increased the global interest in Islam. This volume seeks to combat generalisations about the Muslim presence in Europe by illuminating its diversity across Europe and offering a more realistic, highly differentiated picture. It contends with the monist concept of identity that suggests Islam is the shared and main definition of Muslims living in Europe. The contributors also explore the influence of the European Union on the Muslim communities within its borders, and examine how the EU is in turn affected by the Muslim presence in Europe. This book comes at a critical moment in the evolution of the place of Islam within Europe and will appeal to scholars, students and practitioners in the fields of European studies, politics and policies of the European Union, sociology, sociology of religion, and international relations. It also addresses the wider framework of uncertainties and unease about religion in Europe.