Muslim Europe Or Euro-Islam
Title | Muslim Europe Or Euro-Islam PDF eBook |
Author | Nezar AlSayyad |
Publisher | Lexington Books |
Pages | 216 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9780739103395 |
Five centuries after the expulsion of Muslims and Jews from Spain, Europe is once again becoming a land of Islam. At the beginning of a new millennium, and in an era marked as one of globalization, Europe continues to wrestle with the issue of national identity, especially in the context of its Muslim citizens. Muslim Europe or Euro-Islam brings together distinguished scholars from Europe, the United States, and the Middle East in a dynamic discussion about the Muslim populations living in Europe and about Europe's role in framing Islam today. Working at the knotty intersection of cultural identity, the politics of nations and nationalisms, and religious persuasions, this is an invaluable anthology of scholarship that reveals the multifaceted natures of both Europe and Islam.
The Idea of Europe
Title | The Idea of Europe PDF eBook |
Author | Anthony Pagden |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 396 |
Release | 2002-04-04 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780521795524 |
Discusses how a distinctive 'European' identity has grown over the centuries, especially with the EU.
Islam and the New Europe
Title | Islam and the New Europe PDF eBook |
Author | Sigrid Nökel |
Publisher | Transcript Verlag, Roswitha Gost, Sigrid Nokel u. Dr. Karin Werner |
Pages | 338 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN |
In the post-9/11 era the complexity of Muslim and non-Muslim relations within Europe has sharpened: Global events have contributed to the reshaping of religious and cultural, in particular Muslim, representations and arenas. The position of Europe as such is in doubt. Much of its future depends on how to deal with the emerging new ideals and realities with respect to religion and the challenges of Islam in Europe. Muslim participation in contemporary European affair has been long standing. But in the past the minority status of such ethnic and religious communities from the Middle East has never been in question. Now they are, Cities and communities now boast Muslim majorities. Questions emerge of bilingualism, political participation, head dress at public institutions of learning, and protection of other minorities, such as the Jewish community. On the other side, European concerns over immigration, unemployment, health and welfare for the newly arrived, and the admission of predominantly Muslim states into the European Community have begun to test the social welfare systems of many nations within Europe. The idea of cultural exchange based on tolerance has lost its magical aura. Volume 6 of the Yearbook of the Sociology of Islam presents a variety of discussions and case studies from different European countries related to how Muslims are responding to this situation, how they and Muslim representation change, and how cultural and public negotiation is involved in shaping new perceptions of Islam and Europe.
Making Muslim Women European
Title | Making Muslim Women European PDF eBook |
Author | Fabio Giomi |
Publisher | Central European University Press |
Pages | 410 |
Release | 2021-03-30 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9633863686 |
This social, cultural, and political history of Slavic Muslim women of the Yugoslav region in the first decades of the post-Ottoman era is the first to provide a comprehensive overview of the issues confronting these women. It is based on a study of voluntary associations (philanthropic, cultural, Islamic-traditionalist, and feminist) of the period. It is broadly held that Muslim women were silent and relegated to a purely private space until 1945, when the communist state “unveiled” and “liberated” them from the top down. After systematic archival research in Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia, and Austria, Fabio Giomi challenges this view by showing: • How different sectors of the Yugoslav elite through association publications, imagined the role of Muslim women in post-Ottoman times, and how Muslim women took part in the construction or the contestation of these narratives. • How associations employed different means in order to forge a generation of “New Muslim Women” able to cope with the post-Ottoman political and social circumstances. • And how Muslim women used the tools provided by the associations in order to pursue their own projects, aims and agendas. The insights are relevant for today’s challenges facing Muslim women in Europe. The text is illustrated with exceptional photographs.
To Be a European Muslim
Title | To Be a European Muslim PDF eBook |
Author | Tariq Ramadan |
Publisher | Kube Publishing Ltd |
Pages | 289 |
Release | 2013-09-15 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0860375579 |
This book addresses some of the fundamental issues borne of the several million strong Muslim presence in Europe in our times. Based on a thorough study of Islamic sources, it seeks to answer basic questions about a European Muslim’s social, political, cultural and legal life as a practising Muslim while living together in multi-faith, pluralistic European nation states.
The Oxford Handbook of European Islam
Title | The Oxford Handbook of European Islam PDF eBook |
Author | Jocelyne Cesari |
Publisher | |
Pages | 897 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0199607974 |
For centuries, Muslim countries and Europe have engaged one another through theological dialogues, diplomatic missions, political rivalries, and power struggles. In the last thirty years, due in large part to globalization and migration from Islamic countries to the West, what was previously an engagement across national and cultural boundaries has increasingly become an internalized encounter within Europe itself. Questions of the Hijab in schools, freedom of expression in the wake of the Danish Cartoon crisis, and the role of Shari'a have come to the forefront of contemporary European discourse. The Oxford Handbook of European Islam is the first collection to present a comprehensive approach to the multiple and changing ways Islam has been studied across European countries. Parts one to three address the state of knowledge of Islam and Muslims within a selection of European countries, while presenting a critical view of the most up-to-date data specific to each country. These chapters analyze the immigration cycles and policies related to the presence of Muslims, tackling issues such as discrimination, post-colonial identity, adaptation, and assimilation. The thematic chapters, in parts four and five, examine secularism, radicalization, Shari'a, Hijab, and Islamophobia with the goal of synthesizing different national discussion into a more comparative theoretical framework. The Handbook attempts to balance cutting edge assessment with the knowledge that the content itself will eventually be superseded by events. Featuring eighteen newly-commissioned essays by noted scholars in the field, this volume will provide an excellent resource for students and scholars interested in European Studies, immigration, Islamic studies, and the sociology of religion.
Islam in the European Union
Title | Islam in the European Union PDF eBook |
Author | Yunas Samad |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 288 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN |
Papers presented at a conference held in 2003.