Muslim political participation in Europe / edited by Jørgen S. Nielsen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nielsen, Jørgen S., Author.

Contributor:

Nielsen, Jørgen S., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Muslims--Europe--Politics and government.

Muslims.

Islam and politics--Europe.

Islam and politics.

Political participation--Europe.

Political participation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 347 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Analyses European Muslim communities' developing involvement in their political environment and related Muslim and public debates. Muslims are increasingly making themselves noticed in the political process of Europe. But what is happening behind the often sensational headlines? This book looks at the processes and realities of Muslim participation in local and national politics: voting patterns in local and national assemblies and the tensions between ethnic, political and religious identities. These developments drive internal Muslim debates including attitudes to the democratic processes and whether Muslims should take part at all, as well as rivalries over who should represent and speak for Muslims. They also inspire sharp European discussion about Muslim political participation - does it signal integration or separation? - and how the European states should view this increasingly active role of Muslims in the public space.

Contents:

Muslim political participation in Belgium : an exceptional political representation in Europe / Fatima Zibouh

Muslim political participation in Germany : a structurationist approach / Maike Didero

Political opinions and participation among young Muslims in Sweden : a case study / Jonatan Backelie, Goran Larsson

Lithuanian Muslims' attitudes toward participation in the democratic political process : the case of converts / Egdunas Racius

Political participation of European Muslims in France and the United Kingdom / Salima Bouyarden

Muslim collective mobilisations in contemporary Europe : new issues and new types of involvement / Franck Fregosi

How politically integrated are Danish Muslims? : Evidence from the Muhammad cartoons controversy / Lasse Lindekilde

Limits and potentialities of the Italian and British political systems through the lens of Muslim women in politics / Alessia Belli

Representing 'Islam of the banlieues' : class and political participation among Muslims in France / Z. Fareen Parvez

Creating the image of European Islam : the European Council for Fatwa and Research and Ireland / Adil Hussain Khan

The political participation of Polish Muslim Tatars

the result of or the reason for integration? : From Teutonic wars to the Danish cartoons affair / Agata S. Nalborczyk

The Alevi quest in Europe through the redefinition of the Alevi movement : recognition and political participation, a case study of the FUAF in France / Deniz Kosulu

Leicester Muslims : citizenship, race and civil religion / Carolina Ivanescu

Muslims and electoral politics in Britain : the case of the Respect Party / Timothy Peace

Cliches are funny as long as they happen on stage : comedy as political criticism / Riem Spielhaus.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-7486-8428-X

1-78402-737-5

1-299-48376-3

0-7486-4695-7

OCLC:

841050415