Religious Freedom, Multiculturalism, Islam : : Cross-reading Finland and Ireland / / Tuula Sakaranaho.

• Superior document: Muslim Minorities ; 6
• VerfasserIn: Sakaranaho, Tuula,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2006.
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Language: English
• Series: Muslim Minorities ; 6.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (488 p.)
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

This is a comparative study of Muslims in Finland and the Republic of Ireland, from the perspective of religious freedom and multiculturalism. The book consists of three parts: the first part discusses religious freedom and multiculturalism from a conceptual point of view and mainly within the context of Western Europe, culminating in the cases of Finland and Ireland; the second part deals with the establishment of Muslim communities in Europe in general, and in Finland and Ireland in particular; and the third part concerns Islam and education in these respective countries.

Table of Contents

Preface -- List of tables, diagrams, and abbreviations -- Introduction -- The rhetoric of religious freedom -- Religious freedom in Finland -- Religious freedom in Ireland -- Rooting Islam in Europe -- Finland: One hundred years of Muslim presence -- Muslims in Ireland: Establishment and visibility -- Diversity of religious education -- The Education of Islam in Finnish schools -- Muslim national schools in Ireland -- Concluding remarks -- Bibliography -- Index.