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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460963603321

Titolo

European Muslims, civility and public life : perspectives on and from the Gülen movement / / edited by Paul Weller and Ihsan Yilmaz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Continuum International Publishing, , 2012

©2012

ISBN

1-280-12373-7

9786613527592

1-4411-2037-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (290 p.)

Disciplina

305.6/97094

Soggetti

Islam and politics - Turkey

Islamic education - Europe

Muslims - Ethnic identity

Muslims - Europe

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Sommario/riassunto

This collection deals with the challenges and opportunities faced by Muslims and the wider society in Europe following the Madrid train bombings of 2003 and the London Transport attacks of 2005. The contributors explore the challenges to the concept and practice of civility in public life within a European context, and demonstrate the contributions that can be made in this regard from the thought and practice of the global movement inspired by the Turkish Muslim scholar FethullahGlen. The importance and distinctiveness of the teaching of Fethullah Glen and the practice of the movement is that