Title Religious freedom, multiculturalism, Islam : cross-reading Finland and Ireland / by Tuula Sakaranaho

Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 468 pages) Series Muslim minorities, 1570-7571 ; 6 Muslim minorities ; 6. 1570-7571 Contents CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- LIST OF TABLES, DIAGRAMS, AND ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- Muslims, Religious Freedom and a Multicultural Europe -- The Case of Finland and Ireland -- The Untrodden Field of Inquiry -- Themes and Issues -- CHAPTER ONE RELIGION AND MULTICULTURALISM -- Fragmentations -- Religion Reconsidered -- Religious Landscapes of Finland and Ireland -- Multiculturalism: Identity and Equality -- CHAPTER TWO THE RHETORIC OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM -- Contested �Good Things� -- The Rhetorical Approach -- Religious Freedom as a Rhetorical Act International ScenesNational Scenes -- CHAPTER THREE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN FINLAND -- From Compulsory Lutheranism to Religious Freedom -- Religious Freedom in the Finnish Law -- CHAPTER FOUR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN IRELAND -- From Penal Laws to a Catholic Country -- Religious Freedom in the Irish Law -- CHAPTER FIVE ROOTING ISLAM IN EUROPE -- Islam: �The Third Pillar of Europe� -- Muslims in Migration -- Muslims in Numbers -- Identifications with Islam -- The Establishment of Islam -- Muslims and Religious Freedom CHAPTER SIX FINLAND: ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF MUSLIM PRESENCEMuslims in Two Waves -- Turkish Tatars from Russia -- Recent Muslim Communities -- CHAPTER SEVEN MUSLIMS IN IRELAND: ESTABLISHMENT AND VISIBILITY -- Respect for Religion -- Settled Community with Newcomers -- Mosques outside Dublin -- Multicultural Challenges -- CHAPTER EIGHT DIVERSITY OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION -- Schools as Multicultural Testing Grounds -- Multireliosity and Religious Education -- Between Chairs: Religious Education in Finland -- Liberal Myth of a Multicultural Europe CHAPTER NINE THE EDUCATION OF ISLAM IN FINNISH SCHOOLSGrowing Demand -- Curriculum -- Challenges -- CHAPTER TEN MUSLIM NATIONAL SCHOOLS IN IRELAND -- The Quest for Islamic Schools -- Muslim Schools in Europe -- Muslim National Schools in Ireland -- Religious Instruction -- For God and Eternal Values -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- Finland and Ireland: Interactive Integration and Positive Religious Freedom -- Muslims: Legitimate Actors with Status Differences -- Further Cross-Readings: Substantive Equality and Negative Religious Freedom -- BIBLIOGRAPHY Primary SourcesMuslim Sources -- Literature -- INDEX Summary This is a comparative study of Muslims in Finland and the Republic of Ireland, from the perspective of religious freedom and multiculturalism. The book consists of three parts: the first part discusses religious freedom and multiculturalism from a conceptual point of view and mainly within the context of Western Europe, culminating in the cases of Finland and Ireland; the second part deals with the establishment of Muslim communities in Europe in general, and in Finland and Ireland in particular; and, the third part concerns Islam and education in these respective countries Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-455) and index Notes Print version record Subject Islam -- Finland Islam -- Ireland Freedom of religion -- Finland Freedom of religion -- Ireland Multiculturalism -- Finland Multiculturalism -- Ireland SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. Freedom of religion Islam Multiculturalism Godsdienstvrijheid. Islam. Multiculturele samenlevingen. Finland Ireland Finland. Ierland. Form Electronic book ISBN 9789047410669 9047410661 1281400130 9781281400130

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