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The combination of Islam and politics creates strong images and provokes fierce discussion. Over the last few decades we have seen how Islam has generated political turbulence around the world. In ""Political Islam in the Global World"", Aini Linjakumpu develops an approach with which one can study the politicization of Islam in different circumstances and contexts. The book uses three case studies to analyze the political dimension of Islam: cooperation between the European Union and non-Union Mediterranean countries (including Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, the Pa

Artikkelissa tarkastellaan tapahtumaketjua, jonka aiheutti taiteilija Ville Rannan Kaltio-lehdessä julkaistu sarjakuva tanskalaisista Muhammed-pilakuvista ja niiden synnyttämästä monikansallisesta kriisistä vuonna 2006. Tapahtumia analysoidaan pelon käsitteen avulla: miten pelko tuotti ja ohjasi tietynlaista toimintaa? Analyysissa tarkastellaan pelkoon liittyvien tekijöiden ylikansallisuutta, eli sitä, miten myös suomalainen kokemusmaailma sekä sosiaalinen ja poliittinen toiminta ovat osa globaaleja virtauksia. Toisaalta pelkoa tarkastellaan toiminnan lamautumisen kannalta. Artikkelissa esitetään, että itsesensuuri on pelon kautta rakentunutta ennakoivaa toimintaa. Lopuksi arvioidaan pelkoa poliittisten käytänteiden syntymisen kannalta. Pelon politiikkaa ei voi helposti sijoittaa perinteisiin politiikan tutkimuksen kategorioihin, eikä sitä pystytä ennakoimaan kovinkaan suurella varmuudella. Ihmisten tunteisiin ja kokemuksiin liittyvä politiikka ja politiikan teoria ovatkin tapoja ymmärtää ja tehdä tulkintoja ilmiöistä, joihin monet muut politiikan tulkintatavat eivät anna riittäviä vastauksia.

The beginning of the 21st century has witnessed distinctive examples of a global politicized Islam: Islamic controversies originating in the actions of non-Muslims. The most important of these has been the 'cartoon crisis', originating in the cartoons of Mohammad published by the Danish Jyllands-Posten. The article describes and analyzes the reactions of Muslims as they developed in the context of the cartoon crisis. The significance of the Islamic public sphere in understanding the crisis is discussed in theoretical terms. It is argued that the crisis demonstrated the significance of a mass effect as a prducer of global Islam, of the struggle for control of public sphere, and of the creation of counter-publics. The analysis deals with the nature of the political activity connected to the crisis. Themes discussed in the article include the politics of recognition, community victimization, the principle of collective responsibility, and processual politics.

Artikkelin tarkoituksena on tarkastella seksuaalisten vähemmistöjen (homoseksuaalit, lesbot, bi- ja transseksuaalit) merkitystä islamilaisen julkisen sfäärin ja nimenomaan internetin kontekstissa. Internetin muodostamat julkisuudet toistavat olemassa olevia sosiaalisen ja poliittisen maailman rakenteita, mutta toisaalta ne myös luovat uudenlaista todellisuutta laajentaen "tavallisen" elämän rajoja. Artikkelin empiirisenä kohteena ovat internetissä artikuloituvat, seksuaalisiin vähemmistöihin kuuluvien muslimien globaalit, monikansalliset ilmaukset, toisin sanoen englanninkielinen transnationaali julkinen tila. Tarkastelun kohteena ovat muun muassa erilaiset kotisivut, portaalit, blogit ja keskustelupalstat. Artikkelissa käsitellään queer-yhteisöjen rakentumista internetissä ja tätä kautta pohditaan islamin hallinnan problematiikkaa, islamin sisäisen sosiaalisen järjestyksen haastamista sekä poliittisen reformin mahdollisuutta.

In this chapter, we argue that the political and economic activities of the members of the Conservative Laestadianism are often intertwined with the religion and the religious notions of the movement. Many seemingly secular stances and procedures have theological basis, while others rely and utilize the social networks that originate in the church. However, the effects of the religion in the secular life of Laestadians are quite diverse, and one should not oversimplify them. The implications of a person's religious background can be positive for the members of the movements and society as a whole, but the religious dimension can also have negative consequences in politics and business, especially in the context of strong social relationships, bonds, and reciprocal links. Religious literacy means, at least partly, that one recognizes the variable roles that religion has in different social contexts.

The article examines autobiographies of persons who have belonged to different Islamic groups. The so-called cycle of engagement of an individual person – a "personal protest cycle" – to the Islamic activism is examined through the autobiographies. The main questions will be: how did one become an Islamic activist; how did the actual engagement occur; how did the activism evolve and how did the disengagement from the activism take place? Politics of emotions forms a general framework for understanding political activism and, more generally, protest or oppositional politics. ; The article examines autobiographies of persons who have belonged to different Islamic groups. The so-called cycle of engagement of an individual person – a "personal protest cycle" – to the Islamic activism is examined through the autobiographies. The main questions will be: how did one become an Islamic activist; how did the actual engagement occur; how did the activism evolve and how did the disengagement from the activism take place? Politics of emotions forms a general framework for understanding political activism and, more generally, protest or oppositional politics.

1. Introduction / Aini Linjakumpu and Sandra Wallenius-Korkalo -- 2. History as a project of progress? : The North as a focus of attention / Marja Tuominen -- 3. 'Chapters' of progress : the case of a village idiot / Palvi Rantala -- 4. Progress and emotions in Lapland / Aini Linjakumpu -- 5. Remembering and forgetting the Second World War in Finland / Sandra Wallenius-Korkalo -- 6. Narratives of progress in the politics of Urho Kekkonen and the Agrarian League / Petri Koikkalainen -- 7. Northern universities and the changing status of minorities / Lars Elenius -- 8. Slow activism : art in progress in the North / Mirja Hiltunen -- 9. From emotional memory to active awareness : counter-memory and resistance in Torne Valley Finnish literature / Riitta Kontio -- 10. Women behind the camera in the early 1900s at the arctic circle : a step toward independence / Mervi Autti -- 11. Concluding remarks / Aini Linjakumpu and Sandra Wallenius-Korkalo.

"Drawing on contemporary and historical case studies from Finland, Sweden and Norway, Progress or Perish highlights the roles that art, culture and academic research play alongside technology and economics as bearers of change, approaching the study of progress from the human level. By turning attention towards communities and the everyday social activities of individuals in their socio-cultural and microhistorical contexts, this volume links the idea of progress to the emancipation and empowerment of collectives