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Book SynopsisThe contributions in this volume aim to reflect the variety of current Muslim social practices and life-worlds in Germany. The volume presents fresh theoretical approaches and in-depth analyses of a rich mosaic of communities, cultures and social practices. Issues of politics, religion, society, economics, media, art, literature, law and gender are addressed.
Trade ReviewChoice Magazine Outstanding Academic Title Award Winner, December 2008. Readable and authoritative chapters on prayer leaders, the legal status of Islamic contracts, the growing importance since the 1980s of identity politics, gender issues, South Asian Muslims, pop music, language and educational issues, Muslims as consumers, and how Muslims are portrayed in the German media make this book a must for anyone interested in the changing face of Islam in Germany today. D.F. Eickelman,CHOICE, 2008 Together the chapters provide a broad and interesting overview over many important aspects of the dynamic process in which Muslims and Islam are becoming a part of German society. Af Heiko Henkel, Tidsskrift for Islamforskning, 2010
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Tables, Figures, Maps and Illustrations List of Contributors Islam and Muslims in Germany: An Introductory Exploration, Jörn Thielmann PART I - FRAMING OF MUSLIM LIFE WORLDS (LEBENSWELTEN) Euro-Islam: Some Empirical Evidences, Faruk Şen Islamic Norms in Germany and Europe, Mathias Rohe Religiousness among Young Muslims in Germany, Kea Eilers, Clara Seitz, Konrad Hirschler PART II - ISLAM AND SOCIAL PRACTICE Governmentality, Pastoral Care and Integration, Levent Tezcan Prayer Leader, Counselor, Teacher, Social Worker, and Public Relations Officer—On the Roles and Functions of Imams in Germany, Melanie Kamp Christian-Muslim Encounter—Recent Issues and Perspectives, Friedmann Eissler The Bellicose Birth of Euro-Islam in Berlin, Wolfgang G. Schwanitz PART III - COMMUNITIES AND IDENTITIES Muslims’ Collective Self-description as Refl ected in the Institutional Recognition of Islam: The Islamic Charta of the Central Council of Muslims in Germany and Case Law in German Courts, Nikola Tietze Islamic Instruction in German Public Schools: The Case of North-Rhine-Westphalia, Margrete Søvik Difficult Identifications: The Debate on Alevism and Islam in Germany, Martin Sökefeld Philosophers, Freedom Fighters, Pantomimes: South Asian Muslims in Germany, Claudia Preckel PART IV - CULTURE Turkish-German Filmmaking: From Phobic Liminality to Transgressive Glocality? Viola Shafik A Literary Dialogue of Cultures: Arab Authors in Germany, Yafa Shanneik The Entertainment of a Parallel Society? Turkish Popular Music in Germany, Maria Wurm PART V - MEDIA “I can watch both sides”—Media Use among Young Arabs in Germany, Judith Pies Islam in German Media, Sabine Schiffer The Turkish Press in Germany: A Public In-between Two Publics? Christoph Schumann PART VI - GENDER Re-fashioning the Self through Religious Knowledge: How Muslim Women Become Pious in the German Diaspora, Jeanette S. Jouili Gender in Transition: The Connectedness of Gender and Ethnicity in Biographies of Female Entrepreneurs of Turkish Background, Verena Schreiber PART VII - ISLAMIC ECONOMIES OR BUSINESS AS USUAL? Transculturality as Practice: Turkish Entrepreneurs in Germany, Robert Pütz The Construction of ‘Turks in Germany’ as a Target Group of Marketing, Matthias Kulinna Islamic Financing Transactions in European Courts, Kilian Bälz General Index
