Conceptualising Euro-Islam

Managing the Societal Demand for Religious Reform

Dados Bibliográficos

ID7802138
AutoresAli Aslan Yildiz (Utrecht University, autor correspondente), M Verkuyten (0000-0003-0137-1527, Utrecht University, autor correspondente)
Ano2012
Volume19
Fascículo3
Páginas360-376
Data de publicação2012-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoIdentities (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1070-289X • E-ISSN: 1547-3384
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1070289x.2012.713863
OpenAlexW2000054601
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas10
Referências citadas23

Political, public and academic debates about the need for a ‘Euro-Islam’ as a necessary condition for the full integration of Muslim are widespread and strong. For Muslims and Muslim organisations in particular, Euro-Islam can be understood as subverting the very nature of their religious identity, making change or reform impossible. This raises the question as to how Muslim organisations reject the idea of the need for a Euro-Islam by construing the core of their faith as not being contradictory with Western values, norms and beliefs. The current study examines this question amongst two major Turkish Muslim organisations (Milli Görüş and Fethullah Gülen) in the Netherlands and Germany. The analysis shows that in managing the demand for reform a distinction was made between Islam as a belief system and Muslims as a group of people, between religion and culture as two types of belief systems and between politics and the true nature of the West

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