The browser you are using is not supported by this website. All versions of Internet Explorer are no longer supported, either by us or Microsoft (read more here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/windows/end-of-ie-support).

Please use a modern browser to fully experience our website, such as the newest versions of Edge, Chrome, Firefox or Safari etc.

Islam in Europe: Public Spaces and Civic Networks

På svenska

Author

  • Spyros Sofos
  • Roza Tsagarousianou

Summary, in English

Islam in Europe delves into the daily routines of European Muslim communities in order to provide a better understanding of what it means to be a European Muslim today. Instead of positing particular definitions of being Muslim, this volume invites and encourages a diverse body of 735 informants from Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK to reflect on who they are and on the meaning and place Islam has in such considerations. Drawing upon extensive fieldwork and suggesting novel ways of seeing the phenomenon of European Islam and the continent's Muslim communities, Islam in Europe examines how through their practices, discourses, face to face and mediated interaction, European Muslims construct notions or identity, agency, solidarity and belonging, or how they negotiate and redefine religion, tradition, authority and cultural authenticity. Theoretically and methodologically innovative, Islam in Europe makes a significant contribution to better understanding European Islam and Europe's Muslims.

Publishing year

2013

Language

English

Publication/Series

Islam and Nationalism

Document type

Book

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Topic

  • Other Social Sciences

Keywords

  • Islam
  • European Muslims
  • human rights
  • minorities
  • social identity
  • agency

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 978-1-137-35777-9