Description

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. The book raises several crucial questions: Does Islam offer a special case for citizenship? Is assimilation or multiculturalism the model to be followed in the case of Muslims in Europe? How powerful a force is Islam in determining identity? And why is Islam-after centuries of being a presence in Europe-not considered a European religion? 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.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction: Islam and the Changing Identity of Europe
Part 2 Islam, Europe, and the Identity of the Changing Nation-State
Chapter 3 Muslim Europe or Euro-Islam: on the Discourses of Identity and Culture
Chapter 4 Muslim Migrants in Europe: Between Euro-Islam and Ghettoization
Chapter 5 The Nation-State, the European Union, and Transnational Identities
Chapter 6 The Challenge of Islamic Networks and Citizenship Claims: Europe's Painful Adjustment to Globalization
Chapter 7 Islam and the West in an Era of Globalization: Clash of Civilization or Coexistence?
Part 8 Islam in Europe and Farther Afield: Comparative Perspectives
Chapter 9 The Place of Muslims in British Secular Multiculturalism
Chapter 10 Race, Culture, and Society: The French Experience with Muslims
Chapter 11 Continental Divide: Islam and Muslim Identities in France and America
Chapter 12 Intellectuals and Euro-Islam

Product details

Published Apr 01 2002
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 216
ISBN 9780739103395
Imprint Lexington Books
Dimensions 228 x 148 mm
Series Transnational Perspectives on Space and Place
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

Nezar AlSayyad

Anthology Editor

Manuel Castells

Contributor

Manuel Castells

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Renate Holub

Contributor

Krishan Kumar

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Paul Lubeck

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Tariq Modood

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Hala Mustafa

Contributor

Agha Saeed

Contributor

Bassam Tibi

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