num_pages: 224
description: The contributors to this volume come from five European Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. They combine national overviews of the positions of Muslim youths with detailed and local case studies. The chapters draw upon a range of anthropological and sociological theory, but are united in their rejection of essential ideas and approaches. Many draw upon ethnographic research with young Muslims and the institutions within they are often found, including government, political and religious associations, hostels and schools, as well as community and family. The contributions point to some of the wide variety of responses to the European contexts within which they have grown up as Muslims - such responses may be grounded in anti-racism and overtly political responses, may involve a rejection or a reinterpretation of the views and practices of their parents, may represent the maintenance of a largely symbolic allegiance to the wider Islamic world, or may demonstrate forms of increased piety and religious observance.
language: English
title: Muslim European Youth: Reproducing Ethnicity, Religion, Culture
titlecomplete: Muslim European Youth: Reproducing Ethnicity, Religion, Culture (Research in Ethnic Relations Series)
publisher: Ashgate Pub Ltd