Being German, Becoming Muslim : : Race, Religion, and Conversion in the New Europe / / Esra Özyürek.
Every year more and more Europeans, including Germans, are embracing Islam. It is estimated that there are now up to one hundred thousand German converts-a number similar to that in France and the United Kingdom. What stands out about recent conversions is that they take place at a time when Islam i...
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Germanizing Islam and Racializing Muslims -- Chapter 1. Giving Islam a German Face -- Chapter 2. Establishing Distance from Immigrant Muslims -- Chapter 3. East German Conversions to Islam after the Collapse of the Berlin Wall -- Chapter 4. Being Muslim as a Way of Becoming German -- Chapter 5. Salafism as the Future of European Islam? -- Chapter 6. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index -- Backmatter |
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