| Summary
Immigration from North Africa, Asia
and elsewhere meant a large influx of Islam into Western Europe.
In each country, Muslims organized in various ways and established
numerous institutions such as mosques, cemeteries, halâl
butchers, schools, broadcasting organizations, and political
parties, and slowly but surely the outlines of Muslim communities
begun to emerge. The development of those communities is not a
matter of Muslims only, but the product of their interaction with
the wider environment. The development of the process of
institutionalization is the result of their consultations and
conflicts with parties involved, particularly with agents from the
host society. As Muslim immigrants become ever more a part of
Western European societies, the establishment of their
institutions both illustrates and affects the processes of
sociological, political and legal change that are currently taking
place. This book, based on interdisciplinary research, examines
the establishment of Muslim institutions in Western Europe, and
particularly focuses on the role played by agents from the host
society and the political and ideological positions adopted by
them in reaction to claims from Muslims.
Readership: The book is of interest to both scholars of
cultural anthropology, political science, the sociology of law,
the sociology of migration, the sociology of social movements,
ethnic studies, religious studies, and urban studies, as well as
to practitioners such as politicians, civil servants and ethnic
and religious leaders in the field.
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