Old and New Islam in Greece: From Historical Minorities to Immigrant Newcomers (Studies in International Minority and Group Rights, 5)

The legal and political habitus of Greece's Muslim population is discussed in a fascinating interdisciplinary historical overview of both indigenous minority and immigrant communities providing insights into the evolution and current state of minority and migration law. The book also speaks in a piercing fashion to the scholarly debate on communitarianism and liberalism, as Greece's sui generis legal tradition and embrace of community rights often runs contrary to the country's own liberal legal order and international human rights standards. How notions of ethnicity and citizenship have been challenged by recent Muslim immigration is further explored. The reader is therefore treated to a comprehensive analysis of minority rights pertaining to 'Old' and 'New' Islam in Greece within the European context. Introduction : theoretical and methodological concerns Muslim minorities in the Balkans in the era of nationalism 1913-1922 : a decade of ethno-religious co-existence 1923-1947 : exchanging populations and the aftermath Islam under Greek law : the content of rights The Muslim minority as a legal entity : an Ottoman legacy Unbending identities, invisible diversities. Providing an interdisciplinary look at Greece’s Muslim minority and migrant communities, this book provides an exhaustive legal analysis of regulations and broadens our understanding of the political management of ethnic and religious otherness, while placing these phenomena in historical context.