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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.
This volume richly documents and critically assesses political movements relating to the Muslim Brothers and their changing ideologies in various European nation states since the 1960s. It systematically addresses not only negative perceptions by western journalists and politicians but also the contradictions and ambiguities within these Muslim organizations. A highly qualified academic approach that helps paint a much-needed, differentiated picture. -- Bettina Graf, Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin, and coeditor of Global Mufti: The Phenomenon of Yusuf Al-Qaradawi A penetrating assessment of the origins and inner workings of an influential and diverse Islamist movement operating in Europe. Where the Brotherhood is widely portrayed as a counter-Enlightenment Trojan Horse, this volume offers an impressively more nuanced understanding of its evolution, moving away from its totalizing dogma and militancy towards political pragmatism as it engages with democracy, secularism, and Muslim minority status. -- Humayan Ansari, Royal Holloway, University of London, author of The Infidel Within: Muslims in Britain Since 1800
| Acknowledgements | p. vii |
| Abbreviations | p. ix |
| About the Contributors | p. xi |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| General Trends | |
| The Muslim Brotherhood in Europe and the Middle East: The Evolution of a Relationship | p. 27 |
| The European Organisation of the Muslim Brotherhood: Myth or Reality? | p. 51 |
| Dernocratisation and Secularisation in the Muslim Brotherhood: The International Dimension | p. 71 |
| The European Muslim Brothers' Quest to Become a Social (Cultural) Movement | p. 89 |
| Countries | |
| The Muslim Brotherhood in Britain | p. 111 |
| Muslim 'Double talk' and the ways of the Shari'a in France | p. 127 |
| The Autonomisation of the Muslim Brotherhood in Europe: Da'wa, Mixité and Non-Muslims | p. 149 |
| The Public Image of the Muslim Brotherhood in the Netherlands | p. 169 |
| From Syria to Spain: The Rise and Decline of the Muslim Brothers | p. 189 |
| The Islamic Community in Germany: an Organisation under Observation | p. 209 |
| The Intellectual Legacy | |
| 'What Would Hasan al-Banna Do?: Modern (Re-)Interpretations of the Brotherhood's Founding Discourse | p. 241 |
| Wayward Son: The Muslim Brothers' Reception of Sayyid Qutb | p. 249 |
| Opening to Reform: Hasan al-Hudaybi's Legacy | p. 273 |
| The Muslim Brotherhood and the Political: an Exercise in Ambiguity | p. 295 |
| Index | p. 321 |
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ISBN: 9780231702904
ISBN-10: 0231702906
Series: Columbia/Hurst
Audience:
Tertiary; University or College
For Ages: 22+ years old
Format:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 288
Published: 15th January 2013
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Dimensions (cm): 22.2 x 14.0
x 2.8
Weight (kg): 0.454
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