Islam in Denmark
Subtitle: the challenge of diversity
By: edited by Jørgen S. Nielsen
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780739150924; 9780739170137
Subjects: Ethnic identity; Muslims; Social conditions; Denmark; Cultural assimilation; Ethnic relations; Islam
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Setting the scene / Jørgen S. Nielsen; title: Denmark, Islam and Muslims : socio-economic dynamics and the art of becoming / Jørgen Bæk Simonsen; title: Muslims in Denmark : a critical evaluation of estimation / Brian Arly Jacobsen; title: Religion and state : recognition of Islam and related legislation / Lisbet Christoffersen; title: Mosques and organizations / Lene Kühle; title: Nørrebro and "Muslimness" : a neighborhood caught between national mythscapes and local engagement / Garbi Schmidt; title: How did "the Muslim pupil" become Muslim? : Danish state schooling and 'the migrant pupils' since the 1970s / Mette Buchardt; title: Gender as a tool in Danish debates about Muslims / Rikke Andreassen; title: Conversion to Islam in Denmark / Tina Jensen and Kate Østergaard; title: Muslims as a Danish security issue / Mona Kanwal Sheikh and Manni Crone; title: "To be something" : the role of religion in the formation of protest identity among ethnic minority youth / Lissi Rasmussen; title: Counseling in the Health Service / Naveed Baig; title: Interreligious relations / Safet Bektovic; title: Towards a European understanding of Islam / Abdul Wahid Pedersen.