Muslims in Europe: The Implications of Particularist Preferences and Resistance to Integration
The question of Muslim presence in Europe has recently become a serious security issue. Close links between terrorist groups in the broader Middle East and European citizens of Muslim descent have come to pose a formidable challenge to Europe's stability and security in terms of both terrorist action within Europe and the refugee crisis. Although Europe has a long history of co-existence and exchange with Islam, and although the current European discourse on Islam is significantly shaped by received notions from that long history, the present considerations are notably different from those of the past. Of particular concern is the mobilizing feature of Muslim identity that reinforces the isolation of European Muslims from their host country culture and society. In approaching the question of how Muslims relate to Europe, the present paper will make (a) an assessment of the extent to which Muslim population in Europe is differentiated and (b) a distinction between ?visible? and ?invisible? Muslim communities and individuals in European context. Making a comparison of different types of Muslim presence in Europe is hoped to help distinguish between political Islam as an ideology and Islam as individual faith.
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Location:
Humanities and Social Sciences Building, Room 4025
9500 Gilman Dr
San Diego, CA 92093
Thursday. March 3 -3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
For more information, please call (858) 822-1534 or visit: www.ucsd.edu
The question of Muslim presence in Europe has recently become a serious security issue. Close links between terrorist groups in the broader Middle East and European citizens of Muslim descent have come to pose a formidable challenge to Europe's stability and security in terms of both terrorist action within Europe and the refugee crisis. Although Europe has a long history of co-existence and exchange with Islam, and although the current European discourse on Islam is significantly shaped by received notions from that long history, the present considerations are notably different from those of the past. Of particular concern is the mobilizing feature of Muslim identity that reinforces the isolation of European Muslims from their host country culture and society. In approaching the question of how Muslims relate to Europe, the present paper will make (a) an assessment of the extent to which Muslim population in Europe is differentiated and (b) a distinction between ?visible? and ?invisible? Muslim communities and individuals in European context. Making a comparison of different types of Muslim presence in Europe is hoped to help distinguish between political Islam as an ideology and Islam as individual faith.
Admission/Cost: FREE
Location:
Humanities and Social Sciences Building, Room 4025
9500 Gilman Dr
San Diego, CA 92093
Thursday. March 3 -3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
For more information, please call (858) 822-1534 or visit: www.ucsd.edu
