European Muslims and the Secular State

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Contents: Preface, SeA!n McLoughlin Introduction, Jocelyne Cesari. Secularity in Europe and the Institutionalization of Islam: Legal Regulation and Political Recognition: The secularity of the state and the shaping of Muslim representative organizations in Western Europe, Silvio Ferrari Discrimination and claims for equal rights amongst Muslims in Europe, Valerie Amiraux Islam, secularism and multiculturalism after 9/11: a transatlantic comparison, Jocelyne Cesari. The State, Civil Society and Muslim Leaderships: Contested Representations of Islam in Europe: The State, 'new' Muslim leaderships and Islam as a 'resource' for public engagement in Britain, SeA!n McLoughlin Religious authorities or political actors? the Muslim leaders of the French representative body of Islam, Alexandre Caeiro Interests, identities, and the public sphere: representing Islam in the Netherlands since the 1980s, Thijl Sunier New modes of social interaction in Italy: Muslim leaders and local society in Tuscany and Venetia, Chantal Saint-Blancat and Fabio Perocco From 'foreign workers' to 'sleepers': the Churches, the State and Germany's discovery of its Muslim population, Gerdien Jonker. Practising Islam in secular contexts: authority, religiosity and identity: Migration and the religiosity of Muslim women in Spain, Gema MartA-n-MuA+-oz and Ana LA^3pez-Sala Individualizing faith, individualizing identity: Islam and young Muslim women in Belgium, Nadia Fadil The quest for authenticity: Islamization amongst Muslim youth in Norway, Christine Jacobson The transformation of a Sufi order into a lay community: the SA leymanci movement in Germany and beyond, Gerdien Jonker Locating the British Imam: the Deobandi 'Ulama between contested authority and public policy post 9/11, Jonathan Birt Index.