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Journey into Europe : Islam, immigration, and identity / Akbar Ahmed.
LIBRA D1056.2.M87 A35 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ahmed, Akbar S., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Muslims--Europe--Ethnic identity.
- Muslims.
- Muslims--Europe--Social conditions.
- Muslims--Religious life--Europe.
- Muslims--Cultural assimilation--Europe.
- Islam and culture--Europe.
- Islam and culture.
- Islam and politics--Europe.
- Islam and politics.
- Religious tolerance.
- Identity politics.
- Islamophobia.
- Civilization--Islamic influences.
- Civilization.
- Muslims--Cultural assimilation.
- Muslims--Religious life.
- Social conditions.
- Ethnicity.
- Europe.
- Islamophobia--Europe.
- Identity politics--Europe.
- Cultural pluralism--Europe.
- Cultural pluralism.
- Religious tolerance--Europe.
- Muslims--Ethnic identity.
- Muslims--Social conditions.
- Genre:
- Nonfiction.
- Physical Description:
- 573 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- An unprecedented, richly detailed, and clear-eyed exploration of Islam in Europe and the place of Islam in European history and civilization.
- Contents:
- Part I. European dialectic
- Europe : turbulent and mighty continent
- Primordial tribal identity in Europe
- European pluralist identity
- Part II. Islam in Europe
- Muslim immigrants : the ghosts of European imperialism
- Indigenous Muslims : "We are Europeans"
- Muslim converts : seeking God in an age of secularism
- Part III. Lessons from Europe
- Judaism, Islam, and European primordial identity
- Terrorism, immigrants, ISIS, and islamophobia : a perfect storm in Europe
- Europe at the crossroads : monsters, modernity, and the imperative for convivencia.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 527-551) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0815727585
- 9780815727583
- OCLC:
- 973803802
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