New Multicultural Identities in Europe: Religion and Ethnicity in Secular Societies (Current Issues in Islam)

Multiculturalism in present-day Europe How to understand Europe's post-migrant Islam on the one hand and indigenous, anti-Islamic movements on the other? What impact will religion have on the European secular world and its regulation? How do social and economic transitions on a transnational scale challenge ethnic and religious identifications? These questions are at the very heart of the debate on multiculturalism in present-day Europe and are addressed by the authors in this book. Through the lens of post-migrant societies, manifestations of identity appear in pluralized, fragmented, and deterritorialized forms. This new European multiculturalism calls into question the nature of boundaries between various ethnic-religious groups, as well as the demarcation lines within ethnic-religious communities. Although the contributions in this volume focus on Islam, ample attention is also paid to Christianity, Judaism, and Hinduism. The authors present empirical data from cases in Turkey, Germany, France, Spain, the United Kingdom, Poland, Norway, Sweden, and Belgium, and sharpen the perspectives on the religious-ethnic manifestations of identity in the transnational context of 21st-century Europe. This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer Reviewed Content). Contributors Chris Allen (University of Birmingham), Cüneyt Dinç (Süleyman Şah University, Istanbul), Frédérique Harry (University of Paris-Sorbonne), Goedroen Juchtmans (KU Leuven and IKKS, Antwerp), Vincent Legrand (Université catholique de Louvain), Johan Leman (KU Leuven), Kathryn Lum (European University Institute, Florence), Marcel Meciar (Yeditepe University, Istanbul), Ephraim Nimni (Queen's University Belfast), Murat Sevencan (Suleyman Sah University, Istanbul), İsmail Mesut Sezgin (Leeds Metropolitan University), Erkan Toğuşlu (KU Leuven), Katarzyna Warmińska (Cracow University) How are we to understand Europe's post-migrant Islam on the one hand and indigenous, anti-Islamic movements on the other? What impact will religion have on the European secular world and its regulation? How do social and economic transitions on a transnational scale challenge ethnic and religious identifications? These questions are at the very heart of the debate on multiculturalism in present-day Europe and are addressed by the authors in this book. Through the lens of post-migrant societies, manifestations of identity appear in pluralized, fragmented, and deterritorialized forms. This new European multiculturalism calls into question the nature of boundaries between various ethnic-religious groups, as well as the demarcation lines within ethnic-religious communities. Although the contributions in this volume focus on Islam, ample attention is also paid to Christianity, Judaism, and Hinduism.The authors present empirical data from cases in Turkey, Germany, France, Spain, the United Kingdom, Poland, Norway, Sweden, and Belgium, and sharpen the perspectives on the religious-ethnic manifestations of identity in the transnational context of twenty-first-century Europe. Chris Allen (University of Birmingham), Cneyt Din (Sleyman Sah University, Istanbul), Frdrique Harry (University of Paris-Sorbonne), Goedroen Juchtmans (KU Leuven and IKKS, Antwerp), Vincent Legrand (Universit catholique de Louvain), Johan Leman (KU Leuven), Kathryn Lum (European University Institute, Florence), Marcel Meciar (Yeditepe University, Istanbul), Ephraim Nimni (Queen's University Belfast), Murat Sevencan (Suleyman Sah University, Istanbul), Ismail Mesut Sezgin (Leeds Metropolitan University), Erkan Toguslu (KU Leuven), Katarzyna Warminska (Cracow University) Introduction......Page 7 Chapter 1 The Manifestation of Identities in a Plural Post-Secular Europe......Page 9 Part I : Post-Migrant Interactions/Identifications......Page 33 Chapter 2 New and Old Identity Patterns of Religious Young Muslims in Germany......Page 35 Chapter 3 Connecting Home and School: on the Second Generation Muslim Children’s Agency in Belgian Schools......Page 55 Chapter 4 Immigrant Identity, Social Adaptation and Post-Secular Society in Europe......Page 73 Chapter 5 Manufacturing Self-Respect: Stigma, Pride and Cultural Juggling among Dalit Youth in Spain......Page 95 Chapter 6 A Case of Euro-Muslimness in Poland? The Polish Tartars case......Page 119 Part II: Non-Migrant, Anti-Islam Interactions/Identifications......Page 137 Chapter 7 ‘Anti-Islamization of Europe’ Activism or the Phenomenon of an Allegedly ‘Non-racist’ Islamophobia: A Case Study of a Problematic Advocacy Coalition......Page 139 Chapter 8 Discourses on Religion and Identity in Norway: Right-Wing Radicalism and Anti-Immigration Parties......Page 161 Chapter 9 Competing Forms of Identity and the Concept of Sovereignty in Europe......Page 171 Chapter 10 Democratic Th eory and the Autonomy of Non-Christian Religious Courts in the UK......Page 195 Chapter 11 Islamophobia and the Crises of Europe’s Multiculturalism......Page 213 Conclusion......Page 229 Chapter 12 Ethnic-Religious Intersections and New Multiculturalism......Page 231 About the Authors......Page 243

How to understand Europe's post-migrant Islam on the one hand and indigenous, anti-Islamic movements on the other? What impact will religion have on the European secular world and its regulation? How do social and economic transitions on a transnational scale challenge ethnic and religious identifications? These questions are at the very heart of the debate on multiculturalism in present-day Europe. Through the lens of post-migrant societies, manifestations of identity appear in pluralized and deterritorialized forms. This calls into question the nature of boundaries between, as well as within various ethnic-religious groups. Although the contributions in this volume focus on Islam, attention is also paid to Christianity, Judaism, and Hinduism. The authors present empirical data from cases in Turkey, Germany, France, Spain, the United Kingdom, Poland, Norway, Sweden and Belgium, and sharpen the perspectives on the religious-ethnic manifestations of identity in 21st-century Europe.