European Social Movements and Muslim Activism: Another World but with Whom?

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by  Timothy Peace

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European Social
Movements and Muslim
Activism
Another World but with Whom?
Timothy Peace
LecturerinComparativeEuropeanPolitics,UniversityofStirling,UK
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Contents
ListofTables vi
Acknowledgements vii
ListofAbbreviations viii
Introduction:MuslimsandSocialMovementsinEurope 1
1 TheDevelopmentoftheAlter-GlobalisationMovement 16
2 MuslimPoliticalParticipationandMobilisationinBritain
andFrance 33
3 MuslimParticipationintheAlter-GlobalisationMovement 56
4 MotivationsforParticipatingintheMovement 81
5 ReactionstoMuslimParticipation 109
6 OutcomesandConsequencesofMuslimParticipation 136
Conclusion:TheFutureofMuslimPoliticalActivisminEurope 157
Notes 166
Bibliography 181
Index 193
v
Tables
5.1 Themasterframesoflaïcité 121
5.2 TwomainfactionsthatdevelopedwithinATTACandkey
personalitieswithinthem 129
6.1 Comparativeelectoralperformanceoftheradicalleft
(2001–2002) 144
6.2 Comparativeelectoralperformanceoftheradicalleft
(2005–2007) 145
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Acknowledgements
A number of people have helped me to achieve what is set out in the
pagesthatfollow.MyfirstdebtofgratitudegoestoDonatellaDellaPorta
for her encouragement and support throughout the period in which
thisresearchtookplace.IhopethatIhaverepaidherfaithinme.Atthe
EuropeanUniversityInstitute,IwouldalsoliketothankRainerBauböck
forhisincisivecommentsandforhelpingmetoclarifymyideas.
A number of other scholars also gave their input into this research
project and some of them took time out of their busy schedules to
meet me in person and discuss my work. I therefore would like to
offer my heartfelt thanks to Valérie Amiraux, Vincent Geisser, Virginie
Guiraudon, Abdellali Hajjat, Maleiha Malik, Geoffrey Pleyers, Yann
Raison du Cleuziou, Dominique Schnapper, Sidney Tarrow, Raphaël
Wintrebert and Jim Wolfreys. A special mention is reserved for Michel
Wieviorka, who made it possible for me to spend time as a visiting
scholarattheEHESSinPariswhileIwasconductingmyfieldworkthere.
Conducting interviews for this research was an immense pleasure,
and I am grateful to all those who gave their time to be interviewed.
Manyofmyintervieweesalsosuppliedmewithusefulsecondarysources
andinterestingdocuments.Inparticular,Iwouldliketoofferasincere
merci to Naima, who was my link to numerous other activists in both
Britain and France. Her advice and contacts were absolutely crucial for
my research, and it is no exaggeration to say that, without her help, it
would have been impossible for me to complete this book. I am also
grateful to all my friends who hosted me while I was conducting my
fieldworkinBritainandFrance.SothankyouAndrea,Eleanor,Mathieu,
Odile,VictoriaandWill.
Thisbookisdedicatedtomywife,who,duringthecourseofthewrit-
ingprocess,hashadtoputupwithmeoftenreturninghomelatefrom
work and cancelling our weekend plans! For your love, patience and
unwaveringsupportallIcansayisgrazieVale.
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Abbreviations
ARD AssociationRencontreetDialogue(Meetingand
DialogueAssociation)
ATTAC Associationpourlataxationdestransactionsfinancières
etpourl’actioncitoyenne(AssociationfortheTaxation
ofFinancialTransactionsandCitizenAction)
ATMF AssociationdesTravailleursMaghrébinsdeFrance
(AssociationofMaghrebianWorkersofFrance)
AYM AsianYouthMovement
CEDETIM Centred’étudesetd’initiativesdesolidarité
internationale(CentrefortheStudiesandInitiativesof
InternationalSolidarity)
CEPT Collectifuneécolepourtous-tes(ASchoolforAll
Collective)
CFPE CollectifdesFéministesPourl’Egalité(Collectiveof
FeministsforEquality)
CMF CollectifdesMusulmansdeFrance(CollectiveofFrench
Muslims)
EPA EuropeanPreparatoryAssembly
ESF EuropeanSocialForum
FN FrontNational
FSQP ForumSocialdesQuartiersPopulaires(SocialForumof
WorkingClassNeighbourhoods)
FTCR FédérationdesTunisienspouruneCitoyennetédesdeux
Rives(FederationofTunisiansforCitizenshiponBoth
Shores)
GJM GlobalJusticeMovement
GLA GreaterLondonAuthority
GR GlobaliseResistance
IMF InternationalMonetaryFund
IWA IndianWorkersAssociation
JALB JeunesArabesdeLyonetBanlieue(YoungArabsof
LyonsandItsSuburbs)
LCR LigueCommunisteRévolutionnaire(Revolutionary
CommunistLeague)
LDH Liguedesdroitsdel’homme(HumanRightsLeague)
LO LutteOuvrière(Workers’Struggle)
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ListofAbbreviations ix
MAB MuslimAssociationofBritain
MIB Mouvementdel’ImmigrationetdesBanlieues
(MovementofImmigrationandtheSuburbs)
MIR MouvementdesIndigènesdelaRépublique(Movement
oftheIndigenousoftheRepublic)
MRAP MouvementcontreleRacismeetpourl’Amitiéentreles
Peuples(MovementagainstRacismandforFriendship
betweenPeoples)
MTA MouvementdesTravailleursArabes(MovementofArab
Workers)
NMP NewhamMonitoringProject
NPA NouveauPartiAnticapitaliste(NewAnti-capitalistParty)
NPNS NiPutesNiSoumises(NeitherWhoresNorSubmissive)
PCF PartiCommunisteFrançais(FrenchCommunistParty)
POS PoliticalOpportunityStructures
PS PartiSocialiste(SocialistParty)
RAR RockagainstRacism
RTS ReclaimtheStreets
SMO SocialMovementOrganisation
StWC StoptheWarCoalition
SWP SocialistWorkersParty
UJM UniondesJeunesMusulmansdeLyon(UnionofYoung
MuslimsofLyons)
UFAL UniondesFamillesLaïques(UnionofSecularFamilies)
WDM WorldDevelopmentMovement
WSF WorldSocialForum
WTO WorldTradeOrganization