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Localizing Islam in Europe
Turkish Islamic Communities in Germany and the Netherlands
Ahmet Yükleyen
Cloth $39.95s
| 978-0-8156-3262-7
| 2011
"Despite challenges of the post 9/11 context, Yukleyen’s rich ethnography shows that religion is a resource for integration not only by bonding among Muslims but also bridging activism with the larger society in Western Europe"—Jocelyne Cesari, Director of the Islam in the West Program, Harvard University and John Hopkins University
"Ahmet Yukleyen’s Localizing Islam in Europe cuts through the shrill debates to provide a rich and authoritative portrait of the lived reality of Muslims adapting to life in Europe. His insights will be invaluable for student, scholars, and policymakers alike."—Peter Mandaville, George Mason University, author of Global Political Islam
"Ahmet Yükleyen provides a clear and convincing account of the different orientations of the major Turkish religious institutions in Germany and the Netherlands. All those interested in Islam in Europe today should read this book."—John R. Bowen, author of Can Islam Be French? Pluralism and Pragmatism in a Secularist State
"A compelling and important contribution to our understanding of Islam in Europe."—Esra Özyürek, University of California, San Diego
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Ahmet Yûkleyen is Croft Assistant Professor of Anthropology and International
Studies at the University of Mississippi. His research focuses on anthropology of
religion, ethnicity, Islamic movements, and multiculturalism.
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In the twentieth century, Muslim minorities emerged in Europe seeking
work, a refuge from conflict, and higher life standards. As a result, there
are now more than 12 million Muslims in Western Europe. As these
immigrants became permanent residents, the Islamic communities they developed
had to respond to their European context, reinterpreting Islam in
accordance with local conditions. In Localizing Islam in Europe, Yükleyen
brings this adaptation to light, demonstrating how Islam and Europe have
shaped one another and challenging the idea that Islamic beliefs are inherently
antithetical to European secular, democratic, and pluralist values.
Yûkleyen compares five different forms of religious communities
among Muslim immigrants in the Netherlands and Germany that represent
a spectrum from moderate to revolutionary Islamic opinions. Drawing
on extensive fieldwork, he finds that, despite differences in goals and beliefs,
these communities play an intermediary role, negotiating between
the social and religious needs of Muslims and the socioeconomic, legal,
and political context of Europe. Yûkleyen’s rich ethnography shows that
there is no single form of assimilated and privatized "European Islam"
but rather Islamic communities and their interpretations and practices that
localize Islam in Europe.
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6 x 9, 304 pages, 1 black-and-white illustration, appendix, notes, works cited, index
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