A Sultan in Brussels? European Hopes and Fears of Bosnian Muslims
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7727748 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christian Moe (Oldham Council, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 374-394 |
| Publication date | 2007-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Comparative Southeast European Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2701-8199 • E-ISSN: 2701-8202 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/soeu-2007-550404 |
| OpenAlex | W2913693387 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Bosnian Muslims position themselves as European Muslims whose tradition embodies multicultural values. Seeing their future security and prosperity in European integration, they are concerned over Europes image of Islam. Some have voiced ambitions for contributing to a Euro-Islam. Important assets in this regard are their experience with orderly institutionalization and representation of Islam, indigenous Islamic higher education, and a relaxed Islamic lifestyle adapted to European secular societies. However, Bosnian Islam is not easily packaged for export to heterogeneous Muslim contexts in western Europe. As a new Islamic fringe makes itself at home in Bosnia, the question is also which Bosnian Islam. Even within the mainstream influenced by Islamic modernism, the embrace of European rights and liberties is tempered by fears of moral decline, and by disillusionment with European responses to ethnic cleansing, the war on terrorism, and the headscarf affair
Ancient history · Bosnian · Linguistics · Political science · Balkans: History, Politics, Society · History · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Philosophy · Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2011 - 2018 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |