The Muslim Brotherhood in Europe
By: editors Roel Meijer and Edwin Bakker
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780231702904
Subjects: Ikhwān al-Muslimūn; Islam
Description: Scholars have long debated the intentions of the Muslim Brotherhood in the Middle East. Some claim the organization supports terrorism, while others believe it is a positive force for democratization. Though the Muslim Brotherhood in Europe has attracted less attention, many feel they understand the group just as well. They assume it is closely tied to its Middle Eastern counterpart, with detractors regarding it to be a suspicious, secretive, and centrally-led organization increasing the alienation of Europe's Muslims. Sympathizers, on the other hand, see it as a moderate, westernized, and fully-integrated force for good. This volume complicates both these views, with experts providing richer and more impartial perspectives on the critical issues relating to Europe's Muslim Brotherhood. It follows the growth and operation of these organizations within different European contexts and captures their highly specific relationship with non-Muslim media and authority figures.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: 1. The Muslim Brotherhood in Europe and the Middle East: the evolution of a relationship / Steven Brooke; title: 2. The European Organization of the Muslim Brotherhood: Myth or Reality? / Lorenzo Vidino; title: 3. Democratisation and Secularisation in the Muslim Brotherhood: The International Dimension / Anne Sofie Roald; title: 4. The European Muslim Brothers' Quest to Become a Social (Cultural) Movement / Brigitte Maréchal; title: 5. The Muslim Brotherhood in Britain / Innes Bowen; title: Muslim 'double talk' and the ways of the ways of the Shari'a in france / Frank Peter; title: 7. The Autonomization of the Muslim Brotherhood in Europe: Da'wa, Mixit and Non-Muslims / Cédric Baylocq; title: 8. The Public Image of the Muslim Brotherhood in the Netherlands / Edwin Bakker; title: 9. From Syria to Spain: The Rise and Decline of the Muslim Brothers / Elena Arigita and Rafael Ortega; title: 10. The Islamic Community in Germany: an Organisation under Observation / Stefan Meining; title: 11. 'What Would Hasan al-Banna Do?: Modern (Re-)Interpretations of the Brotherhood's Founding Discourse' / Carrie Rosefsky Wickham; title: 12. Wayward Son: The Muslim Brothers' Reception of Sayyid Qutb / John Calvert; title: 13. Opening to Reform: Hasan al-Hudaybi's Legacy / Barbara Zollner; title: 14. The Muslim Brotherhood and the Political: an Exercise in Ambiguity / Roel Meijer; title: Index.