
The Muslim Question in Europe
Political Controversies and Public Philosophies
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About this book
An estimated twenty million Muslims now reside in Europe, mostly as a result of large-scale postwar immigration. In The Muslim Question in Europe, Peter O'Brien challenges the popular notion that the hostilities concerning immigrationâwhich continues to provoke debates about citizenship, headscarves, secularism, and terrorismâare a clash between "Islam and the West." Rather, he explains, the vehement controversies surrounding European Muslims are better understood as persistent, unresolved intra-European tensions.
O'Brien contends that the best way to understand the politics of state accommodation of European Muslims is through the lens of three competing political ideologies: liberalism, nationalism, and postmodernism. These three broadly understood philosophical traditions represent the most influential normative forces in the politics of immigration in Europe today. He concludes that Muslim Europeans do not represent a monolithic anti-Western bloc within Europe. Although they vehemently disagree among themselves, it is along the same basic liberal, nationalist, and postmodern contours as non-Muslim Europeans.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction: Clashes within Civilization
- 2. Kulturkampf
- 3. Citizenship
- 4. Veil
- 5. Secularism
- 6. Terrorism
- 7. Conclusion: Messy Politics
- Afterword
- References
- Index