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BL
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1090563
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bc1010255
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English
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Hafez, Kai,1964-
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Islam in "liberal" Europe : : freedom, equality, and intolerance /\ Kai Hafez ; translated by Alex Skinner.
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| Publication Statement
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Lanham :: Rowman and Littlefield,, [2014]
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1 online resource (vi, 409 pages)
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| ISBN
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9781442229525
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: 1442229527
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: 9781442229525
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9781442229518
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1442229519
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| Notes
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Translated from the German.
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-388) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction: Is liberal society Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde? -- 1. Politics and law -- Law : Muslims in the secular constitutional state and the problem of effective equality -- State : the ambivalence of state policies on Islam -- Parliaments, parties, movements : "Representation without participation" or the problem of hegemony in democracy -- Political culture : Muslims' loyalty to the system -- 2. Society -- The bourgeois majority : from respectable Islamophobia to system-society rupture -- The Muslim minority : necessary integration and recognition-worthy segregation -- Excursus: The crisis of the middle class : the social Darwinism of cultural difference -- 3. Media -- Mass media : enlightened Islamophobia and the social ethics of communication -- Social media : virtual crusaders of the new public sphere -- 4. The academy and education -- Scholarship and intellectualism : the deliberalization of the staged knowledge society -- School : the pedagogy of (hesitant) recognition of Islam -- 5. Religious institutions -- Church : the reluctant intermediary -- Conclusion: The reinvention of liberal society in europe.
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Islam in ""Liberal"" Europe provides the first comprehensive overview of the political and social status of Islam and of Muslim migrants in Europe. In addition to offering a critical assessment of positive and negative trends in Islamic-Western relations, Kai Hafez also engages in a theoretical debate revolving around integration, tolerance, multicultural liberalism, and modern liberal democracy. Assessing Islamophobia as it is manifested in politics, society, media, academia, school, and churches, the author debates the question of whether liberal society in Europe, in order to avoid a growin
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Muslims-- Europe-- Social conditions.
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Immigrants-- Europe-- Social conditions.
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Muslims-- Civil rights-- Europe.
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Muslims-- Government policy-- Europe.
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Liberalism-- Social aspects-- Europe.
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Islam and politics-- Europe.
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Islam-- Social aspects-- Europe.
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Musulmans-- Europe-- Conditions sociales.
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Musulmans-- Droits-- Europe.
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Musulmans-- Politique gouvernementale-- Europe.
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Libéralisme-- Aspect social-- Europe.
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Islam-- Aspect social-- Europe.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Discrimination Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Minority Studies.
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Ethnic relations.
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Immigrants-- Social conditions.
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Islam and politics.
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Islam-- Social aspects.
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Muslims-- Civil rights.
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Muslims-- Government policy.
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Muslims-- Social conditions.
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Politics and government.
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Religion.
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Europe, Ethnic relations.
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Europe, Religion.
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Europe, Politics and government, 1989-
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Europe, Relations interethniques.
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Europe, Politique et gouvernement, 1989-
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Europe.
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| Dewey Classification
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305.6/97094
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| LC Classification
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D1056.2.M87
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