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Zusatztext " The Emancipation of Europe's Muslims is a very impressive book. It is historically informed, theoretically rich, and comprehensive in its scope." ---J. Christopher Soper, Journal of Church and State Informationen zum Autor Jonathan Laurence is associate professor of political science at Boston College. Klappentext "Laurence has written a brilliantly mature book about a topic that frequently provokes sophomoric exaggeration. The book is remarkable for its practical acumen and comparative-historical depth. "The Emancipation of Europe's Muslims" is a unique accomplishment. It presents a strong alternative to current so-called common wisdom."--Jytte Klausen, author of "The Cartoons That Shook the World" ""The Emancipation of Europe's Muslims" is an intelligent and thoughtful assessment of the changing relations of several European states to Islamic organizations and populations. Drawing on years of interviews with public Islamic leaders and state officials in a number of countries, this book will be a valuable guide at a broad level to the development of state-Islam relations in Western Europe."--John R. Bowen, author of "Can Islam Be French?: Pluralism and Pragmatism in a Secularist State" Zusammenfassung The Emancipation of Europe's Muslims traces how governments across Western Europe have responded to the growing presence of Muslim immigrants in their countries over the past fifty years. Drawing on hundreds of in-depth interviews with government officials and religious leaders in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Morocco, and Turkey, Jonathan Laurence challenges the widespread notion that Europe’s Muslim minorities represent a threat to liberal democracy. He documents how European governments in the 1970s and 1980s excluded Islam from domestic institutions, instead inviting foreign powers like Saudi Arabia, Algeria, and Turkey to oversee the practice of Islam among immigrants in European host societies. But since the 1990s, amid rising integration problems and fears about terrorism, governments have aggressively stepped up efforts to reach out to their Muslim communities and incorporate them into the institutional, political, and cultural fabrics of European democracy. The Emancipation of Europe’s Muslims places these efforts--particularly the government-led creation of Islamic councils--within a broader theoretical context and gleans insights from government interactions with groups such as trade unions and Jewish communities at previous critical junctures in European state-building. By examining how state-mosque relations in Europe are linked to the ongoing struggle for religious and political authority in the Muslim-majority world, Laurence sheds light on the geopolitical implications of a religious minority’s transition from outsiders to citizens. This book offers a much-needed reassessment that foresees the continuing integration of Muslims into European civil society and politics in the coming decades. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations ix List of Tables xi List of Abbreviations xiii Preface xvii Chapter One: A Leap in the Dark: Muslims and the State in Twenty-fi rst-Century Europe 1 Chapter Two: European Outsourcing and Embassy Islam: L'islam! c'est moi 30 Chapter Three: A Politicized Minority: The Qur'an is our Constitution 70 Chapter Four: Citizens! Groups! and the State 105 Chapter Five: The Domestication of State-Mosque Relations 133 Chapter Six: Imperfect Institutionalization: Islam Councils in Europe 163 Chapter Seven: The Partial Emancipation: Muslim Responses to the State--Islam Consultations 198 Chapter Eight: Muslim Integration and European Islam in the Next Generation 245 Notes 273 Interviews 309 Bibliography 317 Index 355 ...
