European Muslims and the Secular State

Contents: Preface, Se¡n McLoughlin; Introduction, Jocelyne Cesari. Secularity in Europe and the Institutionalization of Islam: Legal Regulation and Political Recognition: The secularity of the state and the shaping of Muslim representative organizations in Western Europe, Silvio Ferrari; Discrimination and claims for equal rights amongst Muslims in Europe, Valerie Amiraux; Islam, secularism and multiculturalism after 9/11: a transatlantic comparison, Jocelyne Cesari. The State, Civil Society and Muslim Leaderships: Contested Representations of Islam in Europe: The State, 'new' Muslim leaderships and Islam as a 'resource' for public engagement in Britain, Se¡n McLoughlin; Religious authorities or political actors? the Muslim leaders of the French representative body of Islam, Alexandre Caeiro; Interests, identities, and the public sphere: representing Islam in the Netherlands since the 1980s, Thijl Sunier; New modes of social interaction in Italy: Muslim leaders and local society in Tuscany and Venetia, Chantal Saint-Blancat and Fabio Perocco; From 'foreign workers' to 'sleepers': the Churches, the State and Germany's discovery of its Muslim population, Gerdien Jonker. Practising Islam in secular contexts: authority, religiosity and identity: Migration and the religiosity of Muslim women in Spain, Gema Mart­n-Mu±oz and Ana L³pez-Sala; Individualizing faith, individualizing identity: Islam and young Muslim women in Belgium, Nadia Fadil; The quest for authenticity: Islamization amongst Muslim youth in Norway, Christine Jacobson; The transformation of a Sufi order into a lay community: the S¼leymanci movement in Germany and beyond, Gerdien Jonker; Locating the British Imam: the Deobandi 'Ulama between contested authority and public policy post 9/11, Jonathan Birt; Index.