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Introduction: state and society: neither lovers nor haters / Berna Turam and Monica M. Ringer. - S. 353-359 The dynamic nature of educational policies and Turkish nation building: where does religion fit in? / Yesim Bayar. - S. 360-370 Islam, nation-state, and the military: a discussion of secularism in Turkey / Sinem Gürbey. - S. 371-380 A transformed Kemalist Islam or a new Islamic civic morality? A study of "religious culture and morality" : textbooks in the Turkish high school curricula / Buket Türkmen. - S. 381-397 Christian and Turkish: secularist fears of a converted nation / Esra Özyürek. - S. 398-412 Does secularism face a serious threat in Turkey? / Metin Heper. - S. 413-422 The urban dynamism of Islamic hegemony: absorbing squatter creativity in Istanbul / Cihan Tugal. - S. 423-437 The synergy between neoliberalism and communitarianism: "Erdoğan's third way" / Marcie J. Patton. - S. 438-449 Women's choices of head cover in Turkey: an empirical assessment / Ali Çarkoglu. - S. 450-467

AbstractThis article reviews how racialization enables an understanding of Muslim and Muslim American experience as racial. Race scholarship in the United States has historically been a Black/White paradigm. As a result, the experiences of many racial and ethnic groups who have become a part of the American landscape due to the passage of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 have largely been ignored in race scholarship. By reviewing racialization and its application to Arabs and Muslims, it is apparent that scholars must continuously explore newer theories and languages of race. Racialization not only provides a way to understand the fluidity of race and racism but it also contributes to the advancement of race scholarship by reflecting on the current contextual influences on race.

In dieser überarbeiteten Ausgabe beschäftigt sich Peter Heine, Islamwissenschaftler und Autor zahlreicher Veröffentlichungen, mit den kulturellen Eigenschaften der Muslime, basierend auf ihrer Religion und den im Koran beschriebenen Vorschriften, nach welchen Regeln und Ritualen die Muslime zu leben haben. Hierbei geht er auf Themen wie den respektvollen Umgang im täglichen Miteinander, verbale und nonverbale Kommunikationsformen, Essgewohnheiten, Rolle der Familie, Ehe, Gastfreundschaft, Bekleidungsnormen im Islam ein. Nachdem viele Flüchtlinge aus überwiegend islamisch geprägten Ländern nach Deutschland gekommen sind, betont Heine, sei für eine gelungene und notwendige Integration die Kenntnis über die muslimische Kultur hilfreich. Selbstverständlich ist das Buch nicht nur im Umgang mit den Flüchtlingen, sondern auch für das Verständnis der hier lebenden Muslime der 1., 2. oder 3. Generation eine wichtige Hilfestellung. Als Ergänzung zu den abgenutzten Auflagen des "Kulturknigge" ist diese überarbeitete Neuausgabe gut geeignet

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Previous research has questioned the use of mosques as points of entry for research about Muslims in Europe. Part of the background has been a new emphasis on lived religion and a critique of a one-sided focus on religious institutions. We argue that some of this criticism is theoretically ill-founded and we also point out that some trends may make mosques more important in research about Muslims. In section 1, we go through the most important literature addressing the methodological problems posed by using mosques in research about Muslims in the West. In section 2, we look at some of the fundamental problems of definitions in some of this critical methodological literature. In section 3, we discuss how the choice of methods, not least sampling modes, will be of significance for meaningful discussion about the appropriateness of using mosques in research, and in section 4, we present what we see as important advantages of using mosques as a point of entry to study Muslims. In section 5, we conclude with a brief summary and discussion.

This article empirically explores the interplay between the secular, post-Lutheran majority culture and Muslim immigrants in Sweden. It presents the ambiguous role of religion in the country's mainstream discourse, the othering of religion that is characteristic to this, and the expectations of Muslims to be strongly religious that follows as its consequence. Four results of a web-panel survey with Swedes of Muslim and Christian family background are then presented: (1) Both groups largely distance themselves from their own religious heritage - the Muslims do this in a more definite way; (2) the Muslim respondents have more secular values and identities than the Christians; (3) contrary expectations, Christian respondents show more affinity to their religious heritage than the Muslims do to theirs; and (4) the fusion between the groups is prominent. The article concludes that equating religious family heritage with religious identity is precipitous in the case of Swedish Muslims.

AbstractThirty‐five Muslim‐majority and 18 Muslim‐minority countries formally integrate Muslim Family Laws (MFLs) into their legal systems and enforce them through state courts. Both Muslim‐majority and Muslim‐minority governments have undertaken legislative reforms to alleviate the effects of religious laws on fundamental human rights, increase accountability and accessibility, and strengthen the rule of law within their MFL systems. Extant literature is silent on whether MFLs are more reformed or more human rights and the rule of law compliant in Muslim‐majority or Muslim‐minority countries. Utilizing a novel methodological tool, the MFL Index, this exploratory article surveys cross‐national and historical trends in MFL reform (1946–2016). It shows that Muslim‐majority and ‐minority governments have opted for different forms of legislative reform. Muslim‐majority countries favored substantive reform, while Muslim‐minority states prioritized exit reforms. The type and extent of reform were strongly associated with colonial heritage, secularism, women's activism, ethnoreligious diversity, and prevailing multicultural arrangements. These findings have implications for studying multicultural theory, human/women's rights, and democratization in the Muslim world and beyond.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1. Identity, Interaction and Islamic Practice: Hui Muslims in China -- Part I: State Policies and Muslims -- CHAPTER 2. Bridging Worlds: A Comparative Study on the Effects of Ethno-Religious Policies on China's Muslims -- CHAPTER 3. Making Muslims Hui: Ethnic Bias in the New Curriculum of the China Islamic Association -- CHAPTER 4. Collective Feature, Identity Construction and Cultural Adaptation: Interaction between Hui Muslim Society and the State -- Part II: Relations between Hui and non-Muslims -- CHAPTER 5. Changes of Intermarriage Circle of the Pashi Dai (Muslims in Dai Society): A Case Study in the Hui Village in Manluan -- CHAPTER 6. Being Chinese and Being Muslim - Portrayals of the Hui Minority by Muslims, Non-Muslims, and the Media -- CHAPTER 7. The Diversity of Chinese Muslim Identities: A Special Hui in Yunnan -- Part III: Hui Identity and Islam -- CHAPTER 8. Localizing Transnationalism in Post-Reform China: Sino-Islamic Identities among Hui-Muslim Women in Yunnan -- CHAPTER 9. Qingzhen: Embodiment of Islamic Knowledge and Lifestyle: A Case Study on Tongdao Street, Huimin District of Hohhot City -- CHAPTER 10. Role of Ethnic Community of Hui Students in Internal Unity in the Context of Urbanization -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 11. Being Hui Muslim in China