Daily Lives of Muslims (eBook)

Islam and Public Confrontation in Contemporary Europe

Nil fer G le (Autor)

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2017
376 Seiten
Zed Books (Verlag)
978-1-78360-956-7 (ISBN)

Infos

A remarkable and rich exploration of what it means to be a Muslim in contemporary Europe.

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For many in the West, Islam has become a byword for terrorism. From 9/11 to the Paris attacks, our headlines are dominated by images of violence and extremism. Now, as the Western world struggles to cope with the refugee crisis, there is a growing obsession with the issue of Muslim integration. Those Muslims who fail to assimilate are branded the 'enemy within', with their communities said to provide a fertile breeding ground for jihadists. Such narratives, though, fail to take into account the actual lives of most Muslims living in the West, fixating instead on a minority of violent extremists.In The Daily Lives of Muslims, Nil fer G le provides an urgently needed corrective to this distorted image of Islam. Engaging with Muslim communities in twenty-one cities across Europe where controversies over integration have arisen from the banning of the veil in France to debates surrounding sharia law in the UK the book brings the voices of this neglected majority into the debate. In doing so, G le uncovers a sincere desire among many Muslims to participate in the public sphere, a desire which is too often stifled by Western insecurity and attempts to suppress the outward signs of religious difference.

Autor

lt;p>Nilüfer Göle is a professor of sociology at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris. Her previous books in English include Islam in Europe: The Lure of Fundamentalism and the Allure of Cosmopolitanism (2010) and Islam and Secularity: The Future of Europe's Public Sphere (2015).

Inhalt

• Preface
• Introduction: European-Muslims - From Collage to Interweaving
• 1. Europe: No Entry for Islam?
• 2. Ordinary Muslims
• 3. Controversies Surrounding Muslim Prayer
• 4. Mute Minarets, Transparent Mosques
• 5. Art, Sacredness and Violence
• 6. Veiling and Active Minorities
• 7. What about Sharia?
• 8. Halal Lifestyles
• 9. Jewish Cursor
• Conclusion: European Muslims Taking to the Stage

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.4.2017
• Übersetzer: Jacqueline Lerescu
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
• Schlagworte: Al-Qaeda • Amsterdam • Berlin • Birmingham • Black and British • BNP • Bologna • Britain first • Brussels • Charlie Hebdo • Clash of civilizations • Cologne • Copenhagen • Cordoba • Culture Clash • Danish cartoons • David Olusoga • Donald Trump • Experimental Public Sphere • Fatwa • Geneva • hajib • Halal • Houellebecq • Integration • ISIL • Isis • Islamic Fundamentalism • Islamist • Islamophobia • Islam terrorism • Istanbul • Jihad • Koran • Le Pen • London • Lyons • Madrid • Milan • minarets • Moslem • mosques • Multiculturalism • Muslim • Muslim prayer • Northern League • Oslo • Paris • Paris Attacks • Racism • Rotterdam • Sarajevo • Satanic Verses • Sharia Law • Tariq Ramadan • terrorism • the good immigrant • Theo van Gough • Toulouse • Treviso • UKIP • veil controversy • Vienna • Vincent Geisser • Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
• ISBN-10: 1-78360-956-7 / 1783609567
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78360-956-7 / 9781783609567