Muslim Identity And The Balkan State (institute Of Muslim Minority Affairs) (institute Of Muslim Minority Affairs (imma) Book)

Om de muslimske mindretal og muslimske samfund i det tidligere så mægtige Ottomanske Kejserrige, dvs det meste af Balkan-området, navnlig efter Jugoslaviens opløsning og de nye republikker. "The fate of the Bosnian muslims underlines the precarious position of their co-religionists elsewhere in South-Eastern Europe, a predicament analysed in this volume by leading specialist in the region. While rooted in history, the work focuses on the current situation of Balkan Muslims, their relationship with the State, and the links between their ethnic and religious identities." CONTENTS......Page 4 THE CONTRIBUTORS......Page 5 1 INTRODUCTION......Page 6 2 ISLAM, ETHNICITY AND STATE IN THE CONTEMPORARY BALKANS......Page 12 3 STRATEGIES FOR SUSTAINING A VULNERABLE IDENTITY: THE CASE OF THE BULGARIAN POMAKS......Page 22 4 FROM RELIGIOUS IDENTITY TO ETHNIC MOBILISATION: THE TURKS OF BULGARIA BEFORE, UNDER AND SINCE COMMUNISM......Page 33 5 CHANGING NOTIONS OF NATIONAL IDENTITY AMONG MUSLIMS IN THRACE AND MACEDONIA: TURKS, POMAKS AND ROMA......Page 47 6 THE MUSLIM POPULATION IN FYROM(MACEDONIA): PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS......Page 57 7 ISLAM, STATE AND SOCIETY IN POST-COMMUNIST ALBANIA......Page 63 8 THE KOSOVO ALBANIANS: ETHNIC CONFRONTATION WITH THE SLAV STATE......Page 75 9 THE SANDZAK: A PERSPECTIVE OF SERB-MUSLIM RELATIONS......Page 91 10 TURKEY AS KIN-STATE: TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY TOWARDS TURKISH AND MUSLIM COMMUNITIES IN THE BALKANS......Page 103 11 SUSTAINING TURKISH-ISLAMIC LOYALTIES: THE DIYANET IN WESTERN EUROPE......Page 113 12 AFTER DAYTON......Page 122 INDEX......Page 127 Bogen er opdelt i en række artikler og essays med følgende overskrifter: Islam, Ethnicity and State in the Contemporary Balkans. Strategies for Sustaining a Vulnerable Identity: the Case of the Bulgarian Pomaks. From Religious Identity to Ethnic Mobilisation: the Turks of Bulgaria before, under and since Communism. Changing Notions of National Identity among Muslims in Thrace and Macedonia: Turks, Pomaks and Roma. The Muslim Population in FYROM (Macedonia): Public Perceptions. Islam, State and Society in Post-Communist Albania. The Kosovo Albanians: Ethnic Confrontation with the Slav State. The Sandzak: A Perspective of Serb-Muslim Relations. Turkey as Kin-state: Turkish Foreign Policy towards Turkish and Muslim Communities in the Balkans. Sustaining Turkish-Islamic Loyalities: the Diyanet in Western Europe. After Dayton Om de muslimske mindretal og muslimske samfund i det tidligere så mægtige Ottomanske Kejserrige, dvs det meste af Balkan-området, navnlig efter Jugoslaviens opløsning og de nye republikker. "The fate of the Bosnian muslims underlines the precarious position of their co-religionists elsewhere in South-Eastern Europe, a predicament analysed in this volume by leading specialist in the region. While rooted in history, the work focuses on the current situation of Balkan Muslims, their relationship with the State, and the links between their ethnic and religious identities."