Muslim Political Participation In Europe

Author : Jorgen S. Nielsen
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780748646951

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Muslim Political Participation in Europe by Jorgen S. Nielsen Pdf

To what extent are Muslims in Europe integrated? 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 in a range of Eastern and Western European countries: voting patterns in local and national assemblies, membership of elected councils and national parliaments, and the tensions between ethnic, political and religious identities. It also asks how political participation and wider integration issues interrelate and considers how Muslims - as ethnic groups, or through specific institutions - seek to locate themselves within European political society.

Author : Brigitte Marechal,Stefano Allievi,Felice Dassetto,Jørgen Nielsen
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2003-09-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789047402466

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Muslims in the Enlarged Europe by Brigitte Marechal,Stefano Allievi,Felice Dassetto,Jørgen Nielsen Pdf

This volume describes a clear and overall overview on contemporary European Islam, dealing with both Western and Eastern sides. Based on wide bibliographic research as well as original national contributions from recognised scholars, it is concerned with the process of construction of Islam as well as its co-inclusion in the European societies. Muslims in the Enlarged Europe has been selected by Choice as Outstanding Academic Title (2005).

Author : W. A. R. Shadid,P. Sj. van Koningsveld
Publisher : Peeters Publishers
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9039006113

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Political Participation and Identities of Muslims in Non-Muslim States by W. A. R. Shadid,P. Sj. van Koningsveld Pdf

The involvement of minorities in politics has been the subject of a considerable number of studies. However, these studies are rarely concerned with the views of Muslims on their participation in the political processes of non-Muslim societies. Several Western scholars have thought and still think that the world, from the perspective of Muslims, can be divided in accordance with the dichotomy of the classical Islamic Law that distinguishes between the "Territory of Islam" and the "Territoryof War". however, during the last decennia various Muslim scholars have tried to reinterpret the position of Muslims in non-Muslim societies in new religious terms by which this classification has been emended and corrected. In this book, four different views are distinguished: the pragmatic, idealistic or utopian, re-interpretative, and traditionalist views. It goes without saying that the practical implementaion of these views to a large degree depends upon the types of Muslim organizations and representative bodies in those societies, as well as their denominational and ethnical backgrounds. From an international comparative perspective it appears that, contrary to the situation in Australia, Muslims of most Western European states have been thus far unsuccessful in creating representative organizations at national levels. This is also illustrated by studies of Muslim organizations in Germany, Italy and the united Kingdom. Another important factor consists of the views of the younger generations of Muslim immigrants about the compatibility of their Islamic identiity and full participation in the non-Muslim, secular societies in which they are living. Research on this subject contained in the present book responds to this question in an affirmative way.

Author : Jocelyne Cesari
Publisher : CEPS
Page : 17 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : European Union countries
ISBN : 9789290798743

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The Securitisation of Islam in Europe by Jocelyne Cesari Pdf

This paper summarises the main hypotheses and results of the research on the securitization of Islam. It posits that the securitisation of Islam is not only a speech act but also a policymaking process that affects the making of immigration laws, multicultural policies, antidiscrimination measures and security policies. The paper deconstructs and analyses the premises of such policies as well as their consequences on the civic and political participation of Muslims. The behaviour of Muslims was studied through 50 focus groups conducted in Paris, London, Berlin and Amsterdam over the year 2007-08. The results show a great discrepancy between the assumptions of policy-makers and the political and social reality of Muslims across Europe. The paper presents recommendations to facilitate the greater inclusion of Muslims within European public spheres.

Author : W. A. R. Shadid,P. Sj. van Koningsveld
Publisher : Peeters Publishers
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9039005206

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Muslims in the Margin by W. A. R. Shadid,P. Sj. van Koningsveld Pdf

The involvement of minorities in politics has been the subject of a considerable number of studies. However, these studies are rarely concerned with the political role in Western Europe of both Islam as a mobilising factor, and the Muslims as a religious group comparable with other confessional groups creating political parties. The importance of political participation of Muslims for the improvement of their social, economic, and cultural position as well as for the establishing of religious infrastructure, has been widely recognized by politicians and scientists alike. As relative newcomers in Western Europe, most Muslims still occupy a marginal position, which makes their active political participation all the more urgent. Over the last decades, initiatives have been taken in several countries to create Islamic political parties. At the same, in most countries of Western Europe, the established political parties are nominating members with an Islamic background among their candidates. Furthermore, many discussions have taken place about the feasability of the integration of Islam within the European social and political systems. Cabinet ministers and established political parties have developed views about the nature of Islam, which are being crystalized in the policies of the national governments. Central issues in these discussions are, for instance, the compatibility of Islam and parliamentary democracy and human rights, the fear of religious fundamentalism and fanaticism, as well as the oppression of women by Islam. The present book contains fourteen contributions by specialists from various European countries.

Author : Amina Easat-Daas
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030487256

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Muslim Women’s Political Participation in France and Belgium by Amina Easat-Daas Pdf

This book outlines the principal motivations, opportunities and barriers to Muslim women’s political participation in France and francophone Belgium. Easat-Daas draws on in-depth comparative contextual analysis along with semi-structured interview material with women from France and Belgium who self-identify as Muslim and are active in a variety of modes of political participation, such European Parliamentarians, Senators, councilwomen, trade-union activists and those engaged in grass-roots political movements. This provides an alternative framing of Muslim women, removed from the tired and often exaggerated stereotypes that portray them as passive objects or sources of threat, instead highlighting their remarkable resilience and consistent determination. Through exploring the intersecting fault lines of racial, Islamophobic and gendered struggles of Muslim women in these two cases, this book also sheds new light on the role of ‘European Islam’, political opportunity structures, secularism and Muslim women’s dress.

Author : Robert Springborg
Publisher : CEPS
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Arab countries
ISBN : 9789290797135

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Political Islam and Europe by Robert Springborg Pdf

Author : Jytte Klausen
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2005-10-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780191516122

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The Islamic Challenge by Jytte Klausen Pdf

The voices in this book belong to parliamentarians, city councillors, doctors and engineers, a few professors, lawyers and social workers, owners of small businesses, translators, and community activists. They are also all Muslims, who have decided to become engaged in political and civic organizations. And for that reason, they constantly have to explain themselves, mostly in order to say who they are not. They are not fundamentalists, not terrorists, and most do not support the introduction of Islamic religious law in Europe - especially not its application to Christians. This book is about who these people are, and what they want. This book is based on three hundred interviews with European Muslim leaders from six European countries: Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Great Britain, France, and Germany. The question of Islam in Europe is not a matter of global war and peace but raises difficult questions about the positions of Christianity and Islam in public life, and about European identities. Europe's Muslim political leaders are not aiming to overthrow liberal democracy and to replace secular law with Islamic religious law. Those are the positions of a minority. There is not one Muslim position on how Islam should develop in Europe but many views, and most Muslims are rather looking for ways to build institutions that will allow European Muslims to practice their religion in a way that is compatible with social integration.

Author : Michael Emerson,Richard Youngs
Publisher : CEPS
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789290797111

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Political Islam and European Foreign Policy by Michael Emerson,Richard Youngs Pdf

The time is ripe for the European Union, its institutions and member states to undertake an explicit review of its current policy of 'benign neglect' towards the broad collection of 'Muslim democrat' parties in the Mediterranean Arab states. The group of experts assembled to produce this new book adduces mounting evidence that this policy may lead to unintended consequences, such as the reinforcement of anti-democratic regimes and radical Islamism. Their arguments favour a broad inclusion of Muslim democrats in EU initiatives aiming at the reform of governance and the development of civil society, without extending to them any singular, exclusive or unsolicited privileges.

Author : Sigrid Nökel,Levent Tezcan
Publisher : Transcript Verlag, Roswitha Gost, Sigrid Nokel u. Dr. Karin Werner
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105124285623

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Islam and the New Europe by Sigrid Nökel,Levent Tezcan Pdf

In the post-9/11 era the complexity of Muslim and non-Muslim relations within Europe has sharpened: Global events have contributed to the reshaping of religious and cultural, in particular Muslim, representations and arenas. The position of Europe as such is in doubt. Much of its future depends on how to deal with the emerging new ideals and realities with respect to religion and the challenges of Islam in Europe. Muslim participation in contemporary European affair has been long standing. But in the past the minority status of such ethnic and religious communities from the Middle East has never been in question. Now they are, Cities and communities now boast Muslim majorities. Questions emerge of bilingualism, political participation, head dress at public institutions of learning, and protection of other minorities, such as the Jewish community. On the other side, European concerns over immigration, unemployment, health and welfare for the newly arrived, and the admission of predominantly Muslim states into the European Community have begun to test the social welfare systems of many nations within Europe. The idea of cultural exchange based on tolerance has lost its magical aura. Volume 6 of the Yearbook of the Sociology of Islam presents a variety of discussions and case studies from different European countries related to how Muslims are responding to this situation, how they and Muslim representation change, and how cultural and public negotiation is involved in shaping new perceptions of Islam and Europe.

Author : M. Pace
Publisher : Springer
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2010-11-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230298156

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Europe, the USA and Political Islam by M. Pace Pdf

A study of the attempts by the US and EU to develop meaningful political relations with Islamist movements in the Middle East and Balkans. The contributors draw on extensive research on Islamist parties and movements and Western policy towards them over the past decade.

Author : Walid Phares,Lorenzo Vidino,Amr Hamzawy
Publisher : Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2011-04-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9782930632063

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Political Islam in Europe and the Mediterranean by Walid Phares,Lorenzo Vidino,Amr Hamzawy Pdf

PDF available to download for free from: http://martenscentre.eu/publications/political-islam-europe-and-mediterranean-three-contributions Political Islam is becoming increasingly important to European politicians and policymakers. This research paper gathers together three edited papers from the event "The Atlantic Seminar: Understanding Political Islam", organised by the CES and the Political Academy of the Austrian People's Party (Polak) and International Republican Institute in Vienna (IRI). The three authors emphasise the need for a tailored approach with regard to each Islamic political organisation, because political Islam includes elements with varying programmes and agendas recognition of internal differentiation and disagreements within individual Muslim political organisations and recognition that Islamic organisations change and evolve over time.

Author : Danièle Joly,Khursheed Wadia
Publisher : Springer
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137480620

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Muslim Women and Power by Danièle Joly,Khursheed Wadia Pdf

Winner of the W.J.M. Mackenzie Book Prize 2017 This book provides an account of Muslim women’s political and civic engagement in Britain and France. It examines their interaction with civil society and state institutions to provide an understanding of their development as political actors. The authors argue that Muslim women’s participation is expressed at the intersections of the groups and society to which they belong. In Britain and France, their political attitudes and behaviour are influenced by their national/ethnic origins, religion and specific features of British and French societies. Thus three main spheres of action are identified: the ethnic group, religious group and majority society. Unequal, gendered power relations characterise the interconnection(s) between these spheres of action. Muslim women are positioned within these complex relations and find obstacles and/or facilitators governing their capacity to act politically. The authors suggest that Muslim women’s interest in politics, knowledge of it and participation in both institutional and informal politics is higher than expected. This book will appeal to students and scholars of politics, sociology, gender studies and social anthropology, and will also be of use to policy makers and practitioners in the field of gender and ethno-religious/ethno-cultural policy.

Author : Abdulkader H. Sinno
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780253220240

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Muslims in Western Politics by Abdulkader H. Sinno Pdf

Looking closely at relations between Muslims and their host countries, Abdulkader H. Sinno and an international group of scholars examine questions of political representation, identity politics, civil liberties, immigration, and security issues. While many have problematized Muslims in the West, this volume takes a unique stance by viewing Muslims as a normative, and even positive, influence in Western politics. Squarely political and transatlantic in scope, the essays in this collected work focus on Islam and Muslim citizens in Europe and the Americas since 9/11, the European bombings, and the recent riots in France. Main topics include Muslim political participation and activism, perceptions about Islam and politics, Western attitudes about Muslim visibility in the political arena, radicalization of Muslims in an age of apparent shrinking of civil liberties, and personal security in politically uneasy times.

Author : Timothy Peace
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2015-05-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317931966

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Muslims and Political Participation in Britain by Timothy Peace Pdf

This new volume showcases the latest research into Muslim political participation both in terms of electoral politics and civil society initiatives. Muslims play a prominent role in British political life yet what do we actually know about the involvement of British Muslims beyond the existence of a handful of Muslim MPs? What is unique about political participation in Muslim communities? All the major parties actively seek to court a ‘Muslim electorate’ but does such a phenomenon exist? Despite the impact that Muslims have had on election campaigns and their roles in various political institutions, research on this topic remains scant. Indeed, much of the existing work was couched within the broader areas of the participation of ethnic minorities or the impact of race on electoral politics. The chapters in this volume address this lacuna by highlighting different aspects of Muslim participation in British politics. They investigate voting patterns and election campaigns, civil society and grassroots political movements, the engagement of young people and the participation of Muslims in formal political institutions. Written in an accessible style, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of political participation and religious studies.