Description
Islam and Political-Cultural Europe identifies the sometimes confusing and often contentious new challenges that arise in daily life and institutions as Islam settles deeper into Europe. Critiquing past and recent assimilation efforts in the fields of education, finance, and security, the contributors offer prospective solutions to diverse contemporary problems. Exploring the interactions of Muslim, Christian and secular cultures in the context of highly pluralized contemporary European societies, this book offers a valuable tool for those within and outside Europe seeking to understand the far-reaching implications of combining cultures, the struggles of the Muslim-Christian-secular transition, and the progress which the future promises.
Table of Contents
Introduction, David M.Kirkham; Part 1 Islam and Legal and Political Culture in European Society: An Overview; Chapter 1 Liberal Secularism and European Islam, HeinerBielefeldt; Chapter 2 Muslim Minorities and Democracy, GuyHaarscher; Part 2 Law and Politics; Chapter 3 Islam and the Law in Germany and Europe, MathiasRohe; Chapter 4 Muslims in Belgium, RikTorfs; Chapter 5 Private International Law, Isabelle BarrièreBrousse; Part 3 Education and Finance; Chapter 6 The Training of Imams, SilvioFerrari; Chapter 7 Secularism, Schools and Religious Affiliation, AlainGaray; Chapter 8 Religion, Education, and the Turkish Constitution, LeventKöker; Chapter 9 Islamic Religious Education in Bosnia and Herzegovina, ÖnderÇetin; Chapter 10 Islamic Banking and Finance, StefanMessmann; Part 4 Extremism and Security; Chapter 11 The Danish Cartoons Crisis Revisited, LisbetChristoffersen; Chapter 12 Islam, Muslims and Islamism, PetraWeyland; Chapter 13 Countering Extremist Ideological Foundations for Terrorism, SharylCross;
