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Book SynopsisThis volume focuses on Muslims in Finland, Greece, Ireland and Portugal. It highlights how Muslim experiences can be understood in relation to country’s particular historical routes, political economies, and post-colonial legacies. It also reveals that country particularities shaping European Muslim experiences cannot be understood independently of global dynamics.
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Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Introduction José Mapril, Tuomas Martikainen and Adil Hussain Khan Part 1: Governing Islam and Muslims 1 The Founding of the Islamic Council of Finland Tuomas Martikainen 2 State and Religion in Peripheral Europe: State-Religion Relations, Corporatism and Islam in Portugal and Ireland (1970–2010) Luís Pais Bernardo 3 The Governance of Islamic Religious Education in Finland: Promoting “General Islam” and the Unity of All Muslims Tuula Sakaranaho Part 2: Politics of Recognition 4 Concepts of Authority in Irish Islam Adil Hussain Khan 5 Nation-state, Citizenship and Belonging: A Socio-historical Exploration of the Role of Indigenous Islam in Greece Venetia Evergeti 6 Perceptions of Mis/Recognition: The Experience of Sunni Muslim Individuals in Dublin, Ireland Des Delaney Part 3: Public Debates and (In)Visibility 7 Explaining the Absence of a Veil Debate: The Mediating Role of Ethno-nationalism and Public Religion in the Irish Context Stacey Scriver 8 Muslim Migration Intelligence and Individual Attitudes toward Muslims in Present-day Portugal Nina Clara Tiesler and Susana Lavado 9 From the Margins to the Fore: Muslim Immigrants in Contemporary Greece Panos Hatziprokopiou Part 4: Mobilities and Belonging 10 Iraqi Diaspora and Public Space in a Multicultural Suburb in Finland Marko Juntunen 11 Sudanese and Somali Women in Ireland and in Finland: Material Religion and Culture in the Formation of Migrant Women’s Identities in the Diaspora Yafa Shanneik and Marja Tiilikainen 12 The Socio-spatial Configuration of Muslims in Lisbon Jennifer McGarrigle References Index
