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The book focusses on the historical emergence and contemporary challenges of Muslim community organizations and their struggle for recognition as ordinary voices in multiethnic and multi-religious civil societies of Western democracies. It offers a range of different perspectives on how Muslim communities position themselves and navigate the social and political landscape shaped by, on the one hand, normalization of ethno-religious diversity and, on the other, ongoing misrecognition and essentialisation of Muslims in the West. The contributions from internationally acclaimed scholars as well as emerging researchers from Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Switzerland and Australia shine new light on both country-specific similarities and divergences. Dr. Mario Peucker is postdoctoral research fellow at the Centre for Cultural Diversity and Wellbeing at Victoria University, Melbourne/Australia.Prof. Dr. Dr. Rauf Ceylan teaches Religious Studies at University Osnabrück/Germany.

Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1: Introduction -- References -- 2: What Is Active Citizenship? -- Equal Legal Rights, Liberties and Membership -- Citizenship as a Social Process of Civic Engagement: Active Citizenship -- Republican Models of Citizenship -- Communitarian Models of Citizenship -- Multicultural Citizenship and Radical Democracy Models -- Eclectic Theoretical Framework: A Summary -- Towards a Definition of Civic and Political Participation -- Theoretical Framework: Determinants of Participation -- Civic Voluntarism Model

This book explores Muslims' civic and political participation in Australia and Germany, shedding light on their individual experiences, motives for, and personal implications of their multi-faceted engagement. Based on in-depth interviews with Muslims who have been active within a Muslim community context, mainstream civil society and the political arena, this comparative study reveals the enormous complexities and dynamics of active Muslim citizenship. The author paints a picture of Muslims as 'almost ordinary' citizens, who - despite experiences of stigmatisation and exclusion - often seek to contribute to the advancement of society and the promotion of social justice. Their civic engagement, even within a Muslim community context, builds intra- and cross-community networks, and contrary to widespread contestation of Islam and its place in the West, their faith is anything but a civic obstacle to their active citizenship agenda. This book will be of interest to scholars and students in the fields of Sociology, Politics, Islamic Studies, Sociology of Religion and Political Participation.--

AbstractQuestioning the compatibility of Islam with liberal democratic principles has become a common argument in the public rhetoric across the socio-political spectrum. This article examines this claimed irreconcilability through the prism of a constitutive dimension of healthy democracies: active citizenship. Drawing on a systematic synthesis of recent studies, the article argues that, while it is impossible to ultimately decide whether Islam as a faith is compatible with liberal democratic norms, the lived religiosity of most Muslims is generally not an obstacle to civic engagement in non-Muslim majority countries; active involvement in mosques rather tends to enhance their active citizenship. Data from an explorative study on Muslims' engagement in Australia and Germany allow new insights into the different ways civically active Muslims refer to their faith as a driver for their citizenship. Some describe it as a religious duty, while for others 'serving humanity' constitutes a fundamental aspect of lived religiosity.

Der Verfasser legt eine überblicksartige Analyse der beiden miteinander verwobenen Dimensionen ethnischer Differenz in der deutschen Migrationsgesellschaft vor - Einstellung und Vorurteile einerseits, Ungleichbehandlung und Ausgrenzung andererseits. Daten auf der Basis methodisch sorgfältig entwickelter und durchgeführter Surveys geben aussagekräftige Einblicke in das gesellschaftliche Meinungsbild. Ethnische Diskriminierung manifestiert sich in den Zugangschancen der Migranten zu politischen, sozialen und ökonomischen Ressourcen und Positionen. Als besonders geeignetes Instrument der Diskriminierungsforschung haben sich sogenannte "Testing-Verfahren" erwiesen. Als Reaktion auf erlebte Ausgrenzung zeigen sich eine Neigung zu Rückzug sowie Entfremdung. Abschließend werden migrationspolitische und migrationspädagogische Empfehlungen formuliert. (ICE2)

1. Far-right movements in contemporary Australia: An introduction -- 2. The Australian far-right: An international comparison of fringe and conventional politics -- 3. The values of One Nation supporters -- 4. Not a monolithic movement: The diverse and shifting messaging of Australia's far-right -- 5. Far-right contestation in Australia: Soldiers of Odin and True Blue Crew -- 6. Transnationalising the anti-public sphere: Australian anti-publics and reactionary online media -- 7. Hear what I hear, see what I see: relating extremist rhetoric to the communities that notice it -- 8. Hijacking Democracy? Spatialised Persecution and the Planning Process -- 9. Challenging the far-right in Australia -- 10. Conclusion: Making sense of the far-right in Australia

1. History of Muslim settlement -- 2. Demographic and socio-economic context -- 3. Multiculturalism versus differential inclusion -- 4. Media and public discourse -- 5. Perception and responses -- 6. British Muslims mobilising for recognition -- 7. Australian Muslims and the merits of collaboration -- 8. Muslims in Germany challenging patronising exclusion.

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Beliefs in hostile conspiracies against 'Western civilisation' or 'white people' play a key role in tying divergent far-right tropes together under an internally coherent meta-narrative. Claims of having discovered this conspiratorial truth offer personal pride, create a sense of righteousness and urgency to stand up against these alleged secretive, malevolent forces, and help build a parallel counter-hegemonic community with its own distinct epistemology. Using qualitative interviews and a focus group, this study examines how actors engaged in 'ordinary' dissent in Australia developed an antagonistic fringe belief system, and the extent to which this alternative epistemology constitutes a manifestation of 'anti-publics' (Davis, 2021). The study found how participants' ideological mindset has grown from rather benign manifestations of dissent into a hostile, counter-hegemonic, conspiratorial meta-narrative through processes of 'doing their own research', sharing their learnings with significant others, and incorporating each other's ideological convictions. Their ideological radicalisation was characterised by personal feelings of pride and epistemic superiority, which created a sense of meaning, urgency, and purpose, as well as social recognition within their group. These psychological and social processes drew them further into a far-right 'anti-public' milieu and away from democratic expressions of dissent. The findings shed new light on how the complex and mutually reinforcing interplay between ideological and socio-psychological factors cements an alternative, oppositional epistemology. The study offers close-up insights into what drives radicalisation processes, creating or reinforcing a parallel 'anti-public' in hostile opposition to democratic processes and norms.

Ethno-religious community organizations in Western countries have often been described as being disconnected from mainstream society, and Muslim community groups have been a special focus of such critique. This article offers a counter-narrative to these widespread allegations. It draws on a synthesis of emerging research on the citizenship-enhancing effects of mosque involvement and on an explorative study involving thirty in-depth interviews with civically active Muslims in Australia and Germany. The article examines the potential of Muslim community organizations to mobilize their member into performing their citizenship through civic and political participation. It offers empirical evidence that many Muslim community organizations, rather than promoting social segregation, act as accessible entry point for Muslims' civic participation, facilitate cross-community engagement and provide gateways to political involvement. These civic potentials of Muslim community organization have remained underestimated in the public and political discourse on cohesive societies and healthy democracies.

1. Muslims Volunteering in the West: An Introduction; Mario Peucker and Merve Reyhan Kayikci -- 2. Theologization of Volunteerism: An Islamic Perspective; Zuleyha Keskin and Salih Yucel -- 3. Volunteering, Charitable Work and Muslims: Divine Inspiration, Parallel Networks and Facts on the Ground; Thijl Sunier -- 4. Why Do Muslims Engage in Intra-community Volunteering? Insights From a Multi-method Study in Australia; Mario Peucker. - 5. Charity as Civic Participation for Dutch-Turkish Muslims; Yağız Cebecioglu -- 6. In Between Two Traditions: Female Muslim Volunteers in Belgium; Merve Reyhan Kayikci -- 7. Muslim Environmentalists, Activism, and Religious Duty; Rosemary Hancock. - 8. When Trauma and Citizenship Intersect: British Muslims Volunteering for Mental Health Services; William Barylo. - 9. Muslim American Youth and Volunteerism: Neoliberal Citizenship in the War on Terror; Sunaina Maira. - 10. Conclusion; Merve Reyhan Kayikci