Muslim Minorities in Europe and India: Politics of Accommodation of Islamic Identities

by Anwar Alam (Editor), Konrad Pedziwiatr (Editor)

Overview

Since the late 20th century, the issue of accommodation of religious minorities within the structure of nation-states has been a subject of intense discussions among scholars and policy makers across the world. Most societies and nation-states in the world are either experiencing strains in accommodating the social, economic, and political concerns of minority communities or facing difficulties in managing majority-minority relationship. More than any other community, it is the integration of minority Muslim communities that has been the subject of global debates and deliberations, particularly in the western hemisphere. The emergence of political radicalism within some sections of Muslim communities in the West, and a series of terrorist attacks, has further compounded this problem. These developments have reinforced the pervasive thinking among a large section of non-Muslim host societies that Islam suffers from structural deficiencies for a meaningful integration in the host societies. This edited volume is a collection of 14 scholarly articles including an introduction, which deals with the problem of accommodation of Muslim minority communities in the European and Indian contexts. It interrogates the notion of modernity, Muslim modernity, secularism, pluralism and multiculturalism in both European and Indian settings. Linkages of religion, ethnicity, and politics for the integration of Muslim minorities within the structure of a nation-state are also explored in a cross-cultural comparative framework. [Subject: Sociology, Politics, Islamic Studies]

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788177084306
Publisher:	New Century Publications
Publication date:	07/31/2016
Pages:	412
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.75(h) x 1.40(d)

Table of Contents

About the Book v

About the Editors vi

Contributors x

Introduction Accommodating Muslim Minorities: Political Experiences of Europe and India Anwar Alam Konrad Pedziwiatr xviii

Part I Nation-States and Religious Minorities: General Overview

1 Minority Matters: Perspectives from the Indian Ocean Bruce B. Lawrence 1

2 State and Religious Minorities in India and Europe: The Rupture between Vision and Reality T.K. Oommen 50

Part II Modernity, Secularism and Muslim Minorities

3 Modernity, Nation-State and Islamic Identity Politics Michael Dusche 69

4 Beyond the East-West Binary: Pluralist Secularism and the Muslim Problem in India and the Netherlands Markha Valenta 90

5 Exploring Muslim Modernities: Public Presence of Mosques in Delhi and London Hilal Ahmed 111

6 Religion and the Constitutional Order in the Orbit of the European Union: De- Constructing State Neutrality in Germany and Turkey Kyriaki Topidi 133

Part III Negotiating Citizenships

7 Citizenship and Affirmation of Group Difference: Constitutional Mode of Negotiating Religious Identities in India Kumar Suresh 177

8 New Muslim Brokers in European Cities and Politics of Muslim Citizenship Konrad Pedziwiatr 198

9 Muslims and Naturalization Process in France Anne Fornerod 222

10 Protecting Muslim Minorities in the Work Place: Europe and India Katayoun Alidadi 241

Part IV Muslims, Multiculturalism and Politics of Islam

11 Islamic Responses to Multiculturalism: An Analysis of Qur'anic Citations Husain Qutbuddin 277

12 Muslim Responses to Multiculturalism in India and Europe Anwar Alam 295

13 Role of Muslim Class Relations in the Politics of Islam in France and India Z. Fareen Parvez 326

Index 355