Muslims in the West [[electronic resource] ] : from sojourners to citizens / / edited by Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad

• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (337 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.6/971
• Soggetto topico: Muslims - Non-Muslim countries - Social conditions - 20th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: HaddadYvonne Yazbeck <1935->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-309) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Contributors; Introduction; PART I: CARVING UP MUSLIM SPACE IN WESTERN EUROPE; 1 Islamophobia and Muslim Recognition in Britain; 2 Islam in France: The Shaping of a Religious Minority; 3 The Turks in Germany: From Sojourners to Citizens; 4 Islam in Switzerland: Fragmented Accommodation in a Federal Country; 5 Integration through Islam? Muslims in Norway; 6 From "People's Home" to "Multiculturalism": Muslims in Sweden; 7 Globalization in Reverse and the Challenge of Integration: Muslims in Denmark; 8 Muslims in Italy; 9 Islam in the Netherlands ; 10 Islam and Muslims in Europe: A Silent Revolution toward RediscoveryPART II: MUSLIMS IN AMERICAN PUBLIC SPACE; 11 Muslims in American Public Life; 12 Representation of Islam in the Language of Law: Some Recent U.S. Cases; 13 Interface between Community and State: U.S. Policy toward the Islamists; 14 Multiple Identities in a Pluralistic World: Shi'ism in America; 15 South Asian Leadership of American Muslims; 16 Continental African Muslim Immigrants in the United States: A Historical and Sociological Perspective ; 17 Crescent Dawn in the Great White North: Muslim Participation in the Canadian Public Sphere18 Mexican Muslims in the Twentieth Century: Challenging Stereotypes and Negotiating Space; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: Muslims are the second largest religious group in much of Europe and northern America. The essays in this collection look both at the impact of the growing Muslim population on Western societies, and how Muslims are adpating to life in the west. Part one looks at the Muslim diaspora in Europe, comprising essays on Britain, France, Germany, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Italy and the Netherlands. Part two turns to the Western hemisphere and Muslims in the US, Canada and Mexico. Throughout, the authors contend with such questions as: can Muslims retain their faith and identity and at the
• Titolo autorizzato: Muslims in the West
• ISBN: 0-19-514806-1; 0-19-803375-3; 1-280-48175-7; 0-19-518517-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910465548303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II