Western Europe and its Islam
By: by Jan Rath ... [et al.].
Contributors: Rath, Jan, 1956-
Series: International comparative social studies -- v. 2.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
Subjects: Muslims -- Netherlands -- Social conditions.; Muslims -- Belgium -- Social conditions.; Muslims -- Great Britain -- Social conditions.; Islam -- Netherlands.; Islam -- Belgium.; Islam -- Great Britain.; Netherlands -- Ethnic relations.; Belgium -- Ethnic relations.; Great Britain -- Ethnic relations.
Work titles: Nederland en zijn Islam. English.
Description: "Immigration from North Africa, Asia and elsewhere has meant a massive influx of Islam into Western Europe. Muslims have organised in many ways and established institutions varying from mosques, halal butchers, schools, broadcasting organisations, and political parties to cemeteries and the like. Slowly but surely the outlines of Islamic communities begun to emerge throughout Western Europe. This book describes and analyses the extent to which there has been a build-up in Western Europe of Islamic institutions recognised by societies. An important driving force behind the institutionalisation are the initiatives of the Muslims themselves, but the larger society intervenes in various ways with establishment of Islamic institutions by stipulating conditions and building in limitations. Includes care studies from the Netherlands, Belgium and the United Kingdom."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-302) and index.