Muslim Political Participation in Europe
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of tables and figures -- 1. Introduction -- Part One. Laying foundations: national and local elections -- 2. Muslim political participation in Belgium: an exceptional political representation in Europe -- 3. Muslim political participation in Germany: a structurationist approach -- 4. Political opinions and participation among young Muslims in Sweden: a case study -- 5. Lithuanian Muslims' attitudes toward participation in the democratic political process: the case of converts -- 6. Political participation of European Muslims in France and the United Kingdom -- Part Two. Participation as integration -- 7. Muslim collective mobilisations in contemporary Europe: new issues and new types of involvement -- 8. How politically integrated are Danish Muslims? Evidence from the Muhammad cartoons controversy -- 9. Limits and potentialities of the Italian and British political systems through the lens of Muslim women in politics -- 10. Representing 'Islam of the banlieues': class and political participation among Muslims in France -- Part Three. Institutions as gateways -- 11. Creating the image of European Islam: the European Council for Fatwa and Research and Ireland -- 12. The political participation of Polish Muslim Tatars - the result of or the reason for integration? From Teutonic wars to the Danish cartoons affair -- 13. The Alevi quest in Europe through the redefinition of the Alevi movement: recognition and political participation, a case study of the FUAF in France -- 14. Leicester Muslims: citizenship, race and civil religion -- Part Four. Breaking the bounds -- 15. Muslims and electoral politics in Britain: the case of the Respect Party -- 16. Clichés are funny as long as they happen on stage: comedy as political criticism -- Notes on the contributors -- Index