Islam and Muslims in Germany / / edited by Ala Al-Hamarneh and Jorn Thielmann.

• Superior document: Muslim minorities ; v. 7
• TeilnehmendeR: Al-Hamarneh, Ala.; Thielmann, J.
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Muslim minorities ; v. 7.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (612 p.)
• Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

In the European discourse of post 9/11 reality, concepts such as “Multiculturalism”, “Integration” and “European Islam” are becoming more and more topical. The empirically- based contributions in this volume aim to reflect the variety of current Muslim social practices and life-worlds in Germany. The volume goes beyond the fragmented methods of minority case studies and the monolithic view of Muslims as portrayed by mass media to present fresh theoretical approaches and in-depth analyses of a rich mosaic of communities, cultures and social practices. Issues of politics, religion, society, economics, media, art, literature, law and gender are addressed. The result is a vibrant state-of-the-art publication of studies of real-life communities and individuals. Contributors are Kilian Bälz, Kea Eilers, Friedmann Eissler, Konrad Hirschler, Jeanette S. Jouili, Melanie Kamp, Matthias Kulinna, Judith Pies, Claudia Preckel, Robert Pütz, Mathias Rohe, Sabine Schiffer, Verena Schreiber, Christoph Schumann†, Wolfgang G. Schwanitz, Clara Seitz, Faruk Şen, Viola Shafik, Yafa Shanneik, Martin Sökefeld, Margrete Søvik, Levent Tezcan, Jörn Thielmann, Nikola Tietze and Maria Wurm. This book is also available in paperback .

Table of Contents

Euro-Islam : some empirical evidences / Faruk Sen -- Islamic norms in Germany and Europe / Mathias Rohe -- Religiousness among young Muslims in Germany / Kea Eilers, Clara Seitz, Konrad Hirschler -- Governmentality, pastoral care and integration / Levent Tezcan -- Prayer leader, counselor, teacher, social worker, and public relations officer : on the roles and functions of Imams in Germany / Melanie Kamp -- Christian-Muslim encounter : recent issues and perspectives / Friedmann Eissler -- The bellicose birth of Euro-Islam in Berlin / Wolfgang G. Schwanitz -- Muslims' collective self-description as reflected in the institutional recognition of Islam : the Islamic Charta of the central council of Muslims in Germany and case law in German courts -- Nikola Tietze -- Islamic instruction in German public schools : the case of North-Rhine-Westphalia / Margrete Svik -- Difficult identifications : the debate on Alevism and Islam in Germany / Martin Sokefeld -- Philosophers, freedom fighters, pantomimes : South Asian Muslims in Germany / Claudia Preckel -- Turkish-German filmaking : from phobic liminality to transgressive glocality / Viola Shafik -- A literary dialogue of cultures : Arab authors in Germany / Yafa Shanneik -- The entertainment of a parallel society? : Turkish popular music in Germany / Maria Wurm -- "I can watch both sides" : media use among young Arabs in Germany / Judith Pies -- Islam in German media / Sabine Schiffer -- The Turkish press in Germany : a public in-between two publics? / Christoph Schumann -- Re-fashioning the self through religious knowledge : how Muslim women become pious in the German diaspora / Jeanette S. Jouili -- Gender in transition : the connectedness of gender and ethnicity in biographies of female entrepreneurs of Turkish background / Verena Schreiber -- Transculturality as practice : Turkish entrepreneurs in Germany / Robert Putz -- The construction of "Turks in Germany'" as a target group of marketing / Matthias Kulinna -- Islamic financing transactions in European courts / Kilian Balz.