AbstractAbstractThe attacks on the Twin Towers in New York September 2001 and subsequent events not only ignited a ‘war terror’, but also marked crucial change policies integration of migrants Islamic background Europe. Most countries departed from based some sort recognition cultural diversity emphasized national culture as legitimate format for citizenship. The result is strengthening frame governance with aim to regulate practices mould outlooks, institutional settings legal arrangements...

From the moment first Turkish and Moroccan workers migrated to Europe in early 1960s, states have been concerned with how bind emigrated citizens their country of origin. In this article, we focus on Islam as a multi-dimensional binding mechanism. Religion is broad register that links emotion, affect, senses belonging binds individuals political cultural projects collective actors states. As will demonstrate, it field which both migrants developed variety activities initiatives, but...

Abstract Within two decades Islam in European societies has developed from an issue of minor academic interest into one the fastest growing research fields. The main reason for this is no doubt emergence new regimes governmentality most countries Europe that emanate complex relationship between integration, and political priorities security national identity, ‘domestication Islam’. narrowing down foci field caused a serious neglect particularly where it concerns entanglement Islamic...

An activity that has always played a crucial role in emancipation processes among religious minorities is the acquisition and construction of places worship. This not only because religio...

This special issue brings together anthropologists in the field of religion with aim exploring aesthetic dimensions authority religious leadership.* Taking aesthetics to refer range sensory forms and experiences that shape relation between practitioners leaders, contributing authors set out explore role performative practices making authority. What kind shifts changes can be observed leadership practices? In what particular situations encounters is produced? does use media do nature...

Global conditions, under which an increasing number of Muslims in the world currently live, do not just generate idioms purity often adduced to global Islam, but also new and diverse forms sociability notions citizenship. This article addresses, as example case, Hizmet, one fastest growing contemporary Islamic movements. Hizmet its founder Fethullah Gülen propagate a doctrine with explicitly cosmopolitan underpinnings. However, there seems be contradiction between inclusiveness universality...

(2021). Islam, locality and trust: making Muslim spaces in the Netherlands. Ethnic Racial Studies: Vol. 44, Special Issue: Rethinking Islam Space Europe: Governance, Institutions Performance, pp. 1734-1754.

The twenty-first century has been marked strongly with two extremely significant developments, firstly the increase in international terror attacks and secondly evolution of media information consumption based on technological advancements. These phenomena together have led to figurative literal blowing up mass coverage, but, increasingly more importantly, social traffic. This shift by general public, especially after attacks, is leading a fragmentation authority that traditional gained...

Social media contributions surrounding the Charlie Hebdo attacks have been key in creation and evolution of image Islam online. While were seen as an affront to French values ways life, online exchanges traveled around globe. Especially with social platforms, such Twitter Instagram, offering immediate translations captions has increased reach posts immensely. Specifically, hashtag use ability transcend national boundaries helps echo chambers or fuels trench warfare This article extends on...

The school funding controversy revisitedSince the mid 1970s, there has been an ongoing debate in Netherlands about Islam’s place society. When following this debate, one might easily get impression that we are dealing with a completely new and unprecedented phenomenon. A more thorough analysis, however, shows is only partly case. put Islam into historical perspective, focussing on relationship between state religion, way which Dutch society dealt issues of religious diversity, how newcomers...