By Nezar AlSayyad,Manuel Castells,Renate Holub,Krishan Kumar,Paul Lubeck,Laurence Michalak,Tariq Modood,Hala Mustafa,Agha Saeed,Bassam Tibi,Michel Wieviorka

5 centuries after the expulsion of Muslims and Jews from Spain, Europe is once more turning into a land of Islam. at first of a brand new millennium, and in an period marked as certainly one of globalization, Europe maintains to strive against with the problem of nationwide identification, in particular within the context of its Muslim electorate. Muslim Europe or Euro-Islam brings jointly unique students from Europe, the USA, and the center East in a dynamic dialogue concerning the Muslim populations residing in Europe and approximately Europe's position in framing Islam at the present time. The e-book increases a number of the most important questions: Does Islam provide a distinct case for citizenship? Is assimilation or multiculturalism the version to be on the subject of Muslims in Europe? How robust a strength is Islam in settling on identification? And why is Islam—after centuries of being a presence in Europe—not thought of a eu faith? operating on the knotty intersection of cultural identification, the politics of countries and nationalisms, and spiritual persuasions, this can be a useful anthology of scholarship that finds the multifaceted natures of either Europe and Islam.

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