Muslims and the State in Britain, France, and Germany (Cambridge Studies in Social Theory, Religion and Politics) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Muslims and the State in Britain, France, and Germany (Cambridge Studies in Social Theory, Religion and Politics) Book

With so many Muslims living in Western Europe, governments have struggled with how to make these religious newcomers part of life in their country. This question has become all the more urgent in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Britain, France, and Germany have all dealt with Muslims' religious practices differently. In this book, we try to explain why these policies differ and propose ways to ensure the successful incorporation of practicing Muslims into liberal democracies.Read More

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    Over ten million Muslims live in Western Europe. Since the early 1990s and especially after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, vexing policy questions have emerged about the religious rights of native-born and immigrant Muslims. Britain has struggled over whether to give state funding to private Islamic schools. France has been convulsed over Muslim teenagers wearing the hijab [note to typesetter: need dot under h in previous word] in public schools. Germany has debated whether to grant 'public-corporation' status to Muslims. And each state is searching for policies to ensure the successful incorporation of practicing Muslims into liberal democratic society. This book analyzes state accommodation of Muslims' religious practices in Britain, France, and Germany, first examining three major theories: resource mobilization, political-opportunity structure, and ideology. We then propose an additional explanation, arguing that the each nation's approach to Muslims follows from its historically based church-state institutions.

  • 0521828309
  • 9780521828307
  • Joel S. Fetzer, J. Christopher Soper
  • 18 October 2004
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 228
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