Islam in Europe : diversity, identity and influence / edited by Aziz al-Azmeh and Effie Fokas.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

ʻAẓmah, ʻAzīz, editor.

Fokas, Effie, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam--Europe.

Islam.

Islam--Europe--European Union countries.

Muslims--Europe.

Muslims.

Muslims--Europe--European Union countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 223 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Contributors; Abbreviations; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Christians and Muslims: memory, amity and enmities; 3 The question of Euro-Islam: restriction or opportunity?; 4 Muslim identities in Europe: the snare of exceptionalism; 5 From exile to diaspora: the development of transnational Islam in Europe; 6 Bosnian Islam as 'European Islam': limits and shifts of a concept; 7 Islam in the European Commission's system of regulation of religion

8 Development, discrimination and reverse discrimination: effects of EU integration and regional change on the Muslims of Southeast Europe9 Breaching the infernal cycle? Turkey, the European Union and religion; 10 Afterword; Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-17767-7

1-281-15609-4

9786611156091

0-511-80930-1

0-511-37083-0

0-511-37032-6

0-511-36982-4

0-511-36928-X

0-511-37130-6

OCLC:

666904345