Perceptions Of Islam In Europe

Author : Hakan Yilmaz,Cagla E. Aykac
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781786733696

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For centuries, the Islamic world has been represented as the 'other' within European identity constructions - an 'other' perceived to be increasingly at odds with European forms of modernity and culture. With the perceived gap between Islam and Europe widening, leading scholars in this work come together to provide genuine and realistic analyses about perceptions of Islam in the West. The book bridges these analyses with in-depth case studies from Britain, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Turkey and other parts of the European Union. This study goes beyond the usual dichotomies of 'clashes of civilizations' and 'cultural conflict' to try to understand the numerous, diverse and multifaceted ways - some conflictual, some peaceful - in which cultural exchanges have taken place historically, and which continue to take place, between the Muslim and non-Muslim worlds.

Author : Hakan Yilmaz,Cagla E. Aykac
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781786723697

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Perceptions of Islam in Europe by Hakan Yilmaz,Cagla E. Aykac Pdf

For centuries, the Islamic world has been represented as the 'other' within European identity constructions - an 'other' perceived to be increasingly at odds with European forms of modernity and culture. With the perceived gap between Islam and Europe widening, leading scholars in this work come together to provide genuine and realistic analyses about perceptions of Islam in the West. The book bridges these analyses with in-depth case studies from Britain, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Turkey and other parts of the European Union. This study goes beyond the usual dichotomies of 'clashes of civilizations' and 'cultural conflict' to try to understand the numerous, diverse and multifaceted ways - some conflictual, some peaceful - in which cultural exchanges have taken place historically, and which continue to take place, between the Muslim and non-Muslim worlds.

Author : Hakan Yilmaz,Cagla E. Aykac
Publisher : I.B. Tauris
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1848851642

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Perceptions of Islam in Europe by Hakan Yilmaz,Cagla E. Aykac Pdf

For centuries, the Islamic world has been represented as the 'other' within European identity constructions - an 'other' perceived to be increasingly at odds with European forms of modernity and culture. With the perceived gap between Islam and Europe widening, leading scholars in this work come together to provide genuine and realistic analyses about perceptions of Islam in the West. The book bridges these analyses with in-depth case studies from Britain, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Turkey and other parts of the European Union. This study goes beyond the usual dichotomies of 'clashes of civilizations' and 'cultural conflict' to try to understand the numerous, diverse and multifaceted ways - some conflictual, some peaceful - in which cultural exchanges have taken place historically, and which continue to take place, between the Muslim and non-Muslim worlds.

Author : M. Frassetto,D. Blanks
Publisher : Springer
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1999-12-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780312299675

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Western Views of Islam in Medieval and Early Modern Europe by M. Frassetto,D. Blanks Pdf

Western Views of Islam in Medieval and Early Modern Europe considers the various attitudes of European religious and secular writers towards Islam during the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period. Examining works from England, France, Italy, the Holy Lands, and Spain, the essays in this volume explore the reactions of Westerners to the culture and religion of Islam. Many of the works studied reveal the hostility toward Islam of Europeans and the creation of negative stereotypes of Muslims by Western writers. These essays also reveal attempts at accommodation and understanding that stand in contrast to the prevailing hostility that existed then and, in some ways, exists still today.

Author : Ahmad Gunny
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105117999727

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Perceptions of Islam in European Writings by Ahmad Gunny Pdf

This book is part of the wider study of Islam and the West: a history of European, mainly French and English, intellectual responses to Islam from the seventeenth century onwards. It focuses on the nineteenth century. Studies on Islam and the West have so far tended to be dominated by non-Muslim writers. This study, therefore, attempts to put forward a scholarly, Muslim, point of view, on a subject which has acquired increasing importance in our time. Relying on primary European and Islamic source materials, it remains firmly committed to the notion of fidelity to European thought. It paves the way to a constructive dialogue between equals, Islam and the West

Author : Luca Mavelli
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136448430

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Europe's Encounter with Islam by Luca Mavelli Pdf

In the last few years, the Muslim presence in Europe has been increasingly perceived as ‘problematic’. Events such as the French ban on headscarves in public schools, the publication of the so-called ‘Danish cartoons’, and the speech of Pope Benedict XVI at the University of Regensburg have hit the front pages of newspapers the world over, and prompted a number of scholarly debates on Muslims’ capacity to comply with the seemingly neutral and pluralistic rules of European secularity. Luca Mavelli argues that this perspective has prevented an in-depth reflection on the limits of Europe’s secular tradition and its role in Europe’s conflictual encounter with Islam. Through an original reading of Michel Foucault’s spiritual notion of knowledge and an engagement with key thinkers, from Thomas Aquinas to Jurgën Habermas, Mavelli articulates a contending genealogy of European secularity. While not denying the latter’s achievements in terms of pluralism and autonomy, he suggests that Europe’s secular tradition has also contributed to forms of isolation, which translate into Europe’s incapacity to perceive its encounter with Islam as an opportunity rather than a threat. Drawing on this theoretical perspective, Mavelli offers a contending account of some of the most important recent controversies surrounding Islam in Europe and investigates the ‘postsecular’ as a normative model to engage with the tensions at the heart of European secularity. Finally, he advances the possibility of a Europe willing to reconsider its established secular narratives which may identify in the encounter with Islam an opportunity to flourish and cultivate its democratic qualities and postnational commitments. This work will be of great interest to students and scholars of religion and international relations, social and political theory, and Islam in Europe.

Author : Moonis Ahmar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Islam
ISBN : 9698551239

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Perceptions of Islam and Muslims in Europe by Moonis Ahmar Pdf

Author : S. Sofos,R. Tsagarousianou
Publisher : Springer
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137357786

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Islam in Europe by S. Sofos,R. Tsagarousianou Pdf

Drawing upon extensive fieldwork and suggesting novel ways of approaching the phenomenon of European Islam and the continent's Muslim communities, Islam in Europe examines how European Muslims construct notions or identity, agency and belonging, how they negotiate and redefine the notions of religion, tradition, authority and cultural authenticity.

Author : Jack Goody
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780745657554

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Islam in Europe by Jack Goody Pdf

This vigorously argued book reveals the central role that Islam has played in European history. Following the movement of people, culture and religion from East to West, Goody breaks down the perceived opposition between Islam and Europe, showing Islam to be a part of Europe's past and present. In an historical analysis of religious warfare and forced migration, Goody examines our understanding of legitimate violence, ethnic cleansing and terrorism. His comparative perspective offers important and illuminating insights into current political problems and conflicts. Goody traces three routes of Islam into Europe, following the Arab through North Africa, Spain and Mediterranean Europe; the Turk through Greece and the Balkans; and the Mongol through Southern Russia to Poland and Lithuania. Each thrust made its mark on Europe in terms of population and culture. Yet this was not merely a military impact: especially in Spain, but elsewhere too, Europe was substantially modified by this contact. Today it takes the form of some eleven million immigrants, not to speak of the possible incorporation of further millions through Bosnia, Albania and Turkey.

Author : Peter O'Brien
Publisher : Temple University Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016-02-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781439912775

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The Muslim Question in Europe by Peter O'Brien Pdf

In this book, the author argues that the vehement controversies surrounding European Muslims are better understood as persistent, unresolved intra-European political tensions rather than as a clash between "Islam and the West." This title was made Open Access by libraries from around the world through Knowledge Unlatched.

Author : Tuomas Martikainen,José Mapril,Adil Hussain Khan
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004404564

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Muslims at the Margins of Europe by Tuomas Martikainen,José Mapril,Adil Hussain Khan Pdf

This volume focuses on Muslims in Finland, Greece, Ireland and Portugal. It highlights how Muslim experiences can be understood in relation to country’s particular historical routes, political economies, and post-colonial legacies. It also reveals that country particularities shaping European Muslim experiences cannot be understood independently of global dynamics.

Author : John R. Bowen,Christophe Bertossi,Jan Willem Duyvendak,Mona Lena Krook
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781107038646

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European States and their Muslim Citizens by John R. Bowen,Christophe Bertossi,Jan Willem Duyvendak,Mona Lena Krook Pdf

This book responds to debates about the place of Muslims in Western Europe by considering the way people draw on practical schemas.

Author : Sean McLoughlin,Jocelyne Cesari
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781351938501

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European Muslims and the Secular State by Sean McLoughlin,Jocelyne Cesari Pdf

The institutionalization of Islam in the West continues to raise many questions for a range of different constituencies. Secularization represents much more than the legal separation of politics and religion in Europe; for important segments of European societies, it has become the cultural norm. Therefore, Muslims' settlement and their claims for the public recognition of Islam have often been perceived as a threat. This volume explores current interactions between Muslims and the more or less secularized public spaces of several European states, assessing the challenges such interactions imply for both Muslims and the societies in which they now live. Divided into three parts, it examines the impact of State-Church relations, 'Islamophobia' and 'the war on terrorism', evaluates the engagement of Muslim leaders with the State and civil society, and reflects on both individual and collective transformations of Muslim religiosity.

Author : Aurora Alvarez Veinguer,Gunther Dietz,Dan-Paul Jozsa,Thorsten Knauth
Publisher : Waxmann Verlag
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783830972822

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Islam in Education in European Countries. Pedagogical Concepts and Empirical Findings by Aurora Alvarez Veinguer,Gunther Dietz,Dan-Paul Jozsa,Thorsten Knauth Pdf

Relations between Muslims and the public education systems of Europe are often characterised by tensions. There is often still a perceived incompatibility between the claims of individual Muslims or Muslim communities on the one hand and the aims of public education in Europe on the other. The relatively recent presence of Islam in much of Europe, the internal diversity of Muslim communities, the lack of a centralized, hierarchical church-like structure – different arguments are used to justify such a discriminatory treatment of one of the largest faith communities in Europe. Nevertheless, as this book aims to illustrate, there are already rich and diverse experiences throughout Europe of how to integrate Islam into the national and regional school systems, particularly in primary, but also in secondary education. Accordingly, this book provides some analyses of the ways in which Islam is integrated in education in certain regions of Spain, the Netherlands, France and England. These analyses are paralleled by empirical findings concerning the role of religion in the life of young Muslims, their views concerning religion in school, and the impact of religion in education and society in Spain, the Netherlands, Norway, Germany, France and England.

Author : Sigrid Nökel,Levent Tezcan
Publisher : Transcript Verlag, Roswitha Gost, Sigrid Nokel u. Dr. Karin Werner
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 52,8 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.