Title Islamic organizations in Europe and the USA : a multidisciplinary perspective / edited by Matthias Kortmann, University of Munich, Germany, and Kerstin Rosenow-Williams, Ruhr University, Germany

Published Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 258 pages) : illustrations Series Palgrave studies in European political sociology Palgrave studies in European political sociology Contents 1. Multidisciplinary Research on Islamic Organizations: Heterogeneous Organizational Forms, Strategies, and Practices; Kerstin Rosenow-Williams and Matthias Kortmann -- PART I: DIFFERENT FORMS OF ORGANIZATIONS -- 2. Islamic Organizations in Poland: From Monopoly to Pluralism; Agata S. Nalborczyk and Monika Ryszewska -- 3. Civil Liberties or Civil Rights? Muslim American Advocacy Organizations; Erik Love -- 4. Divided or Conquered: The Challenges of Organizational Life for Muslims in the United Kingdom and Spain; Justin Gest -- PART II: DIFFERENT RESPONSE STRATEGIES TO ORGANIZATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS -- 5. The Impact of Public Debates on Muslim Representatives in Western Europe: The Agenda Setting Function of Mass Media; Maarten Koomen and Anja van Heelsum -- 6. Negotiating the Visibility of Islam in Switzerland: An Ethnographic Perspective on the Conflicts Involved with Building Projects for Mosques; Sarah Beyeler -- 7. Islamic Organizations in the Baltic States: Commonalities and Differences; Edgunas Racius -- 8. Not Quite In, Not Quite Out: Islamic Organizations in France and Germany and Their Ties to Their States of Origin; Benjamin Bruce -- 9. Neither Omnipotent nor a Paper Tiger: The Alevi Community in Germany (AABF) and the Dynamics of Its Multidimensional Area of Activity; Ludger Pries and Tulay Tuncer-Zengingul -- PART III: DIFFERENT PRACTICES WITHIN THE ORGANIZATIONS -- 10. Imams in Flanders, Belgium: Toward the First Flemish Imams; Patrick Loobuyck and Petra Meier -- 11. Religious Practices of DITIB Mosque Community Members: Perspectives from Germany; Theresa Beilschmidt -- 12. Identities, Islamophobia, and the State: Diverse Perspectives and Experiences of Muslim Civic Actors from Islamic Organizations in the UK; Abida Malik -- 13. The Gulen Movement in Western Europe and the United States; Ahmet Yukleyen and Ferhan Tunagur -- CONCLUSION -- 14.Commonalities and Differences of Islamic Organizations in Europe and the USA; Matthias Kortmann and Kerstin Rosenow-Williams Summary This volume explores the extraordinary variety of Islamic organizations in Europe and the United States. It focuses on the question of how local, national and transnational environments and changing public discourses on Muslims and Islam affect Islamic organizations and their members. The contributions all employ a bottom-up research approach and uncover diverse reactions of Islamic organizations in their forms of organization, strategies and practices. Compiling twelve studies from researchers of a variety of disciplines, this volume provides theoretical and empirical findings on Islamic organizations from the Baltic States, Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, the UK and the US Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes Notes Print version record Subject Muslims -- Europe Muslims -- Europe -- Societies, etc Associations, institutions, etc. -- Europe Organizational behavior -- Europe Muslims -- Europe -- Ethnic identity Muslims -- United States. Muslims -- United States -- Societies, etc Associations, institutions, etc. -- United States. Organizational behavior -- United States Muslims -- United States -- Ethnic identity Islamic studies. Migration, immigration & emigration. Ethnic studies. Religious groups: social & cultural aspects. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. Society. Associations, institutions, etc. Muslims Muslims -- Ethnic identity Muslims -- Societies, etc. Organizational behavior Social groups: religious groups & communities -- Islamic. Migration, immigration & emigration -- Islamic. Ethnic studies -- Islamic. Society. Europe United States Form Electronic book Author Kortmann, Matthias, 1979- editor Rosenow-Williams, Kerstin, editor ISBN 9781137305589 1137305584 130628659X 9781306286596 9781137305572 1137305576

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