Muslims in the West after 9/11: Religion, Politics and Law (Routledge Studies in Liberty and Security) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415776546 ISBN 13: 9780415776547

Publisher: Routledge, 2009

Synopsis

This book is the first systematic attempt to study the situation of European and American Muslims after 9/11, and to present a comprehensive analysis of their religious, political, and legal situations.

Since 9/11, and particularly since the Madrid and London bombings of 2004 and 2005, the Muslim presence in Europe and the United States has become a major political concern. Many have raised questions regarding potential links between Western Muslims, radical Islam, and terrorism. Whatever the justification of such concerns, it is insufficient to address the subject of Muslims in the West from an exclusively counter-terrorist perspective. Based on empirical studies of Muslims in the US and Western Europe, this edited volume posits the situation of Muslim minorities in a broader reflection on the status of liberalism in Western foreign policies. It also explores the changes in immigration policies, multiculturalism and secularism that have been shaped by the new international context of the ‘war on terror’.

This book will be of great interest to students of Critical Security Studies, Islamic Studies, Sociology and Political Science in general.

Jocelyne Cesari is an Associate at Harvard’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies and the Center for European Studies, teaching at Harvard Divinity School and the Government Department, specializing in Islam and the Middle East.

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Examining the situation of European and American Muslims after 9/11, this book presents a comprehensive analysis of their religious, political, and legal situations.

Synopsis:

Since 9/11, and particularly since the Madrid and London bombings of 2004 and 2005, the Muslim presence in Europe and the United States has become a major political concern. Many have raised questions regarding potential links between Western Muslims, radical Islam, and terrorism. Whatever the justification of such concerns, it is insufficient to address the subject of Muslims in the West from an exclusively counter-terrorist perspective. Rather, the Muslim presence must be analyzed in light of such issues as immigration, integration, and globalization. This book is the first systematic attempt to compare the situation of European and American Muslims after 9/11, and to present a comprehensive analysis of their religious, political, and legal situations. It will also address the links between Western Muslims and the Muslim world at large. This book will be of great interest to students of critical security studies, Islamic studies, sociology and political science in general.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0415776546
• ISBN 13: 9780415776547
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 264
• Editor: Cesari Jocelyne