ISBN:
9781403978561
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (269 pages)
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Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.6970944
Keywords:
Muslims-Europe..
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Islam-Europe..
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Muslims-United States..
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Islam-United States..
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Europe-Relations-Islamic countries..
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Islamic countries-Relations-Europe..
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United States-Relations-Islamic countries..
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Islamic countries-Relations-United States
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Abstract:
Exploring the woefully neglected reality of Islam as a major cultural and relgious facet of American and European politics and societies, Cesari examines how Muslims in the West are challenging the notion of an inevitable clash or confrontation. With nearly twelve million Muslims living in the larger countries of Western Europe and almost six million in America, the challenges of integrating newcomers within different countries, and the place of Islam in democratic and secular context in the post 9/11 context, have become more pertinent. Comparing the interaction of Muslims with their new countries, this book addresses the implications of increased Islamic visability, violent clashes, beneficial cooperation, and questions within the Muslim community about their role and the role of Islam in democratic states. Pursuing a holistic approach to Muslims as a new minority within western democracy, Cesari provides important insights.
Abstract:
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: From Clash to Encounter -- 1 The Numbers Debate -- Part I: Islam and the West: Mutual Transformation -- 2 Islam as Stigma -- 3 The Secularization of Individual Islamic Practice -- 4 The Secularization of Islamic Institutions in Europe and the United States: Two Approaches -- Part II: The Imagined Community -- 5 The Absolutized Community -- 6 The Virtual Community -- Part III: The Reinvented Community: New Figures of Islamic Authority in the West -- 7 Bureaucratic and Parochial Leaders -- 8 Transnational Leaders and Charismatic Speakers -- 9 The Reformation of Islamic Thought -- Conclusion: Toward a Reconciliation of Islam and the West? -- Appendix I -- Appendix II -- Appendix III -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- F -- H -- I -- J -- K -- M -- N -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Z -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
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