Muslims in the West
Subtitle: from sojourners to citizens
By: edited by Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad.
Contributors: Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck, 1935-
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
Subjects: Muslims -- Non-Muslim countries -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Description: Muslims are the second largest religious group in much of Europe and North America. The essays in this collection look both at the impact of the growing Muslim population on Western societies and how Muslims are adapting to life in the West.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-309) and index.
Table of contents: title: Islamophobia and Muslim recognition in Britain -- Steven Vertovec; title: Islam in France: the shaping of a religious minority -- Jocelyne Cesari -- The; title: Turks in Germany: from sojourners to citizens -- Barbara Freyer Stowasser; title: Islam in Switzerland: fragmented accommodation in a federal country -- Hans Mahnig; title: Integration through Islam? Muslims in Norway -- Kari Vogt; title: From "people's home" to "multiculturalism": Muslims in Sweden -- Anne Sofie Roald; title: Globalization in reverse and the challenge of integration: Muslims in Denmark -- Jergen Bæk Simonsen; title: Muslims in Italy -- Maria Adele Roggero; title: Islam in the Netherlands -- Thijl Sunier, -- Mira van Kuijeren; title: Islam and Muslims in Europe: a silent revolution toward rediscovery -- Tariq Ramadan; title: Muslims in American public life -- Mohamed Nimer; title: Representation of Islam in the language of law: some recent U.S. cases -- Kathleen M. Moore; title: Interface between community and state: U.S. policy toward Islamists -- Mamoun Fandy; title: Multiple identities in a pluralistic world: Shiʻism in America -- Liyakat Takim; title: South Asian leadership of American Muslims -- Karen Leonard; title: Continental African Muslim immigrants in the United States: a historical and sociological perspective -- Sulayman S. Nyang; title: Cresent dawn in the great white north: Muslim Participation in the Canadian public sphere -- Karim H. Karim; title: Mexican Muslims in the twentieth century: challenging stereotypes and negotiating space-- Theresa Alfaro Velcamp.