Islam and Secular Citizenship in the Netherlands, United Kingdom, and France

This book combines ethnographic work in three countries (The Netherlands, the United Kingdom and France) and three cities (Rotterdam, Leicester and Marseille) with a new theoretical frame (regimes of secularity) for understanding the construction of a collective Muslim minority identity in Europe. The past several years have seen many examples of friction between secular European societies and religious migrant communities within them. This study combines ethnographic work in three countries (The Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and France) with a new theoretical frame (regimes of secularity). Its mission is to contribute to an understanding of minority identity construction in secular societies. In addition to engaging with academic literature and ethnographic research, the book takes a critical look at three cities, three nation-contexts, and three grassroots forms of Muslim religious collective organization, comparing and contrasting them from a historical perspective. Carolina Ivanescu offers a thorough theoretical grounding and tests existing theories empirically. Beginning from the idea that religion and citizenship are both crucial aspects of the state's understanding of Muslim identities, she demonstrates the relevance of collective identification processes that are articulated through belonging to geographical and ideological entities. These forms of collective identification and minority management, Ivanescu asserts, are configuring novel possibilities for the place of religion in the modern social world. "Cover"--"Half-Title"--"Series" -- "Title" -- "Copyright" -- "Contents" -- "Chapter 1 Introduction" -- "Part I The Imaginary" -- "Chapter 2 Secularization, Secularity, and the Secular: Religion and Its Place in Social Life" -- "Part II The Symbolic" -- "Chapter 3 Nation, Citizenship, and Religious Migrants" -- "Part III The Real" -- "Chapter 4 Rotterdamâ#x80;#x94;Politicized Religion" -- "Chapter 5 Leicesterâ#x80;#x94;Civic Religion" -- "Chapter 6 Marseilleâ#x80;#x94;Symbolic Religion" -- "Chapter 7 Comparing Regimes of Secularity, Citizenships, and Fields of Muslimness" -- "Chapter 8 Concluding Reflections" -- "Annex 1" -- "Annex 2" -- "Bibliography." Cover 1 Half-Title 2 Series 3 Title 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 Chapter 1 Introduction 7 Part I The Imaginary 19 Chapter 2 Secularization, Secularity, and the Secular: Religion and Its Place in Social Life 20 Part II The Symbolic 43 Chapter 3 Nation, Citizenship, and Religious Migrants 44 Part III The Real 76 Chapter 4 Rotterdam—Politicized Religion 77 Chapter 5 Leicester—Civic Religion 106 Chapter 6 Marseille—Symbolic Religion 133 Chapter 7 Comparing Regimes of Secularity, Citizenships, and Fields of Muslimness 166 Chapter 8 Concluding Reflections 196 Annex 1 211 Annex 2 215 Bibliography 217 Index 235 Front Matter....Pages i-v Introduction....Pages 1-12 Front Matter....Pages 13-13 Secularization, Secularity, and the Secular: Religion and Its Place in Social Life....Pages 15-37 Front Matter....Pages 39-39 Nation, Citizenship, and Religious Migrants....Pages 41-72 Front Matter....Pages 73-73 Rotterdam—Politicized Religion....Pages 75-103 Leicester—Civic Religion....Pages 105-131 Marseille—Symbolic Religion....Pages 133-165 Comparing Regimes of Secularity, Citizenships, and Fields of Muslimness....Pages 167-196 Concluding Reflections....Pages 197-211 Back Matter....Pages 213-239