Both Muslim and European? An Inquiry into the Case of the Muslim Community in Lithuania

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" Both Muslim and European? An Inquiry into the Case of the Muslim Community in Lithuania "
Egdūnas Račius

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1072560
Doc. No	:	LA116189
Call No	:	‭10.1163/22117954-12341262‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Egdūnas Račius
Title & Author	:	Both Muslim and European? An Inquiry into the Case of the Muslim Community in Lithuania [Article]\ Egdūnas Račius
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal of Muslims in Europe
Date	:	2013
Volume/ Issue Number	:	2/2
Page No	:	165–185
Abstract	:	The article analyses the Lithuanian case as an example of Muslim presence in North-Eastern Europe. The theoretical foundation of the article is Nira Yuval-Davis’ ideas found in her 2006 article “Belonging and the politics of belonging.” Nira Yuval-Davis’ outline of “an analytical framework for the study of belonging and the politics of belonging” has been instrumentalised in the present research on narratives of belonging and inclusion of Lithuania’s autochthonous Muslim community, the Lithuanian Tatars. Employing historical evidence and current legal framework of the governance of religion, interviews with Tatar community leaders, opinion polls and media reports, the article not only illuminates the position which the Muslim Tatar community currently occupies in Lithuania but also the place of the broader “Muslim question” in the national discourse. The article analyses the Lithuanian case as an example of Muslim presence in North-Eastern Europe. The theoretical foundation of the article is Nira Yuval-Davis’ ideas found in her 2006 article “Belonging and the politics of belonging.” Nira Yuval-Davis’ outline of “an analytical framework for the study of belonging and the politics of belonging” has been instrumentalised in the present research on narratives of belonging and inclusion of Lithuania’s autochthonous Muslim community, the Lithuanian Tatars. Employing historical evidence and current legal framework of the governance of religion, interviews with Tatar community leaders, opinion polls and media reports, the article not only illuminates the position which the Muslim Tatar community currently occupies in Lithuania but also the place of the broader “Muslim question” in the national discourse.
Descriptor	:	“traditional faith community”
Descriptor	:	construction of identity
Descriptor	:	European Muslim identity
Descriptor	:	Lithuanian Tatars
Descriptor	:	loyalty to the nation
Descriptor	:	Muslim community in Lithuania
Descriptor	:	narratives of inclusion and belonging
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/22117954-12341262‬