Localizing Islam in Europe: Turkish Islamic Communities in Germany and the Netherlands

304 Pages·2012·5.62 MB·English

by  Ahmet Yükleyen

Localizing Islam in Europe

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Islam
Localizingg in
Europe
Turkish Islamic Communities
in Germany and the Netherlands
Ahmet Yükleyen
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Yükleyen, Ahmet.
Localizing Islam in Europe : Turkish Islamic communities in Germany
and the Netherlands / Ahmet Yükleyen.
p. cm. — (Religion and politics)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-8156-3262-7 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Islam—Germany. 2. Islam—
Netherlands. 3. Turks—Germany. 4. Turks—Netherlands. 5. Muslims—
Germany. 6. Muslims—Netherlands. I. Title.
BP65.G3Y85 2011
297.089’9435043—dc23 2011047044
Manufactured in the United States of America
I dedicate this book to my beloved parents.
Bu kitabı canım anneme ve babama ithaf ediyorum.
Ahmet Yükleyen
is Croft Assistant Professor of Anthro-
pology at the University of Mississippi. He studied inter-
national relations at Bilkent University and completed
his M.A. degree at the Josef Korbel School of Interna-
tional Studies, University of Denver. He received his
Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from Boston University
in 2007. His research interests include anthropology of
religion, ethnicity, Muslims in Europe, Islamic move-
ments, and multiculturalism. He has taught at Tufts
University and in 2006 joined the faculty of the sociol-
ogy and anthropology department at the University of
Mississippi, where he is also affiliated with the Croft
Institute for International Studies. He teaches courses
on international studies, cultural anthropology, identity
politics in Europe and the Middle East, and Muslims in
Europe and the United States.
Contents
List of Illustrations and Tables • ix
Acknowledgments • xi
Abbreviations • xv
Camimizi Yaptıracağiz / We Will Build Our Mosque • xvi
Introduction: Islam, Identity, and Muslim Public Life in Europe • 1
1. Turkish Islamic Field • 37
2. Islamic Authority and Knowledge • 90
3. Islamic Activism: Reinterpreting Islam in Practice • 125
4. State Policies and Islam in Germany and the Netherlands • 152
5. Islamic Organizations and Muslim Integration • 183
6. The Kaplan Community: A Revolutionary Form of Islam • 222
Conclusion • 250
References • 263
Index • 275