The Islamic Challenge Politics and Religion in Western Europe [Hardcover]

Who are Europe's Muslim leaders? How do they view Islamic integration into European society and polities? Based on 300 interviews with Muslim leaders, this innovative book tackles big questions to reveal what Muslim leaders in Europe really want and the myriad ways in which Islam can become a European religion.


Introduction: Islam in Europe
1. Europe's New Muslim Political Elite
2. How do Muslim Leaders see the Problems?
3. Belief and Politics
4. From Conflict to Culture War
5. Christian and Muslim Europe
6. Sexual Politics and Multiculturalism
Conclusion: Liberal Muslims and the Emergence of European Islam
Methodological Appendix
Bibliography

Refreshingly down-to-earth.... [a] valuable book. --The Economist

What makes this thoughtful and honest volume so useful is its refusal to simplify an extraordinarily complex picture. ... By destroying bogeymen, Klausen forces us to face rationally and compassionately sensitive and difficult issues of great importance to Europe's future. --Stanley Hoffman forForeign Affairs

An important corrective... Klausen's survey presents a useful counterpoint to the now-hackneyed image of disaffected Muslim youth by emphasizing the malleable political and ideological responses to local politics. --World Policy Journal

Jytte Klausenis Professor of Politics at Brandeis University and Research Associate at The Center for European Studies, at Harvard University. She is the author of numerous books and articles on immigrant integration, Islam in Europe, the European welfare state and social inclusion.