The daily lives of Muslims Islam and public confrontation in contemporary Europe
In The Daily Lives of Muslims, Nilufer Goele provides an urgently needed corrective to this distorted image of Islam. Engaging with Muslim communities in twenty-one cities across Europe where controversies over integration have arisen - from the banning of the veil in France to debates surrounding s...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Zed Books
2017.
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| Summary: | In The Daily Lives of Muslims, Nilufer Goele provides an urgently needed corrective to this distorted image of Islam. Engaging with Muslim communities in twenty-one cities across Europe where controversies over integration have arisen - from the banning of the veil in France to debates surrounding sharia law in the UK - the book brings the voices of this neglected majority into the debate. In doing so, Goele uncovers a sincere desire among many Muslims to participate in the public sphere, a desire which is too often stifled by Western insecurity and attempts to suppress the outward signs of religious differenc |
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| Physical Description: | xxx, 343 pages 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-328) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781783609536 (pbk) 9781783609543 (hbk) 9781783609550 (pdf) 9781783609567 (epub) 9781783609574 (mobi) |