Muslim Community Organizations in the West

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XIII

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2. Muslim community organisations – crucial but underexplored facets of Muslim lives in the West

   • Mario Peucker

   Pages 1-10

3. Islam and Diaspora

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11

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   2. Reckoning with the Minority Status: On Fiqh al-aqalliyyat al-Muslema (Jurisprudence of Muslim Minorities)

      • Abdolmohammad Kazemipur

      Pages 13-34

   3. Muslim community organisations as agents of social inclusion, cohesion and active citizenship?

      • Mario Peucker

      Pages 35-57

4. Historical perspectives

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 59-59

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   2. The Emergence and Establishment of British Muslim Organisations

      • Sadek Hamid

      Pages 61-73

   3. From guest workers to Muslim immigrants: The history of Muslims and their organizations in Germany

      • Rauf Ceylan

      Pages 75-92

   4. “We’re serving the community, in whichever form it may be”

      • Nora Amath

      Pages 93-124

   5. Between Orient and Occident? The Colonial Legacy at the Grand Mosque of Paris

      • Ricarda Stegmann

      Pages 125-156

5. Contemporary discussions

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 157-157

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   2. Misrecognition and political agency

      • Jan Dobbernack, Nasar Meer, Tariq Modood

      Pages 159-181

   3. To Make a Difference: Oral Histories of Two Canadian Muslim Women and their Organisational Lives

      • Katherine Bullock

      Pages 183-204

   4. Islam and Community Organisation in Australia

      • Hadi Sohrabi

      Pages 205-218

   5. Futures of Islam in France

      • Leyla Arslan

      Pages 219-243

   6. Future prospects for Islam in Germany: Between secularization, anti-Muslim racism and a new religious consciousness

      • Rauf Ceylan

      Pages 245-256

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. 

• Muslim Community
• Muslim Organizations
• Muslim Minorities
• Social inclusion
• Social exclusion
• Muslim immigration
• History of Muslim immigration
• Muslims in Germany
• Muslims in Australia
• Muslims in France
• Muslims in Great Britain

• Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia

  Mario Peucker

• Osnabrück University, Osnabrück, Germany

  Rauf Ceylan

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.

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