Imams in Western Europe : Developments, Transformations, and Institutional Challenges /

As European Muslims and Muslims in the Middle East diverge, imams in Europe have emerged as major agents of religious authority who shape Islam's presence in Western societies. This volume examines the theoretical and practical questions concerning the evolving role of imams in Europe. To what...

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Other Authors: Valdemar Vinding, Niels (Editor), Hashas, Mohammed (Editor), Hajji, Khalid (Editor), De Ruiter, Jan Jaap (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2018]
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface / Jorgen S. Nielsen
  • Part I
  • Imams in Western Europe / Mohammed Hashas, Jan Jaap de Ruiter, Niels Valdemar Vinding, Khalid Hajji
  • Rethinking Islamic law for Europe / Jasser Auda
  • The making of Islamic authority in Europe / Thijl Sunier
  • Islams in Europe / Jonathan Laurence
  • The European imam / Mohammed Hashas
  • Imam training in Europe / Farid el Asri
  • Studying Islamic theology at European universities / Göran Larsson
  • The reinvented role of imams in French society / Solenne Jouanneau
  • The imam as an organic public intellectual / Welmoet Boender, Jan Jaap de Ruiter
  • i-Imams studying female Islamic authority online / Claudia Carvalho
  • Islamic female religious authority between agency and governmentality / Sara Borrillo
  • Part II
  • Towards a typology of imams of the West / Niels Valdemar Vinding
  • For a 'visible' Islam / Romain Seze
  • From conservative Islam to the 'Theology of acculturation' / Cedric Baylocq
  • Muslim chaplaincy as a model for imamship / Mansur Ali
  • Re-examining the decline narrative / Alyaa Ebbiary
  • Imam training in the legal context of Islam in Spain / Juan Ferreiro Galguera
  • The Italian legal system and imams / Francesco Alicino
  • In and around the mosque / Mohammed Khalid Rhazzali
  • The training of imams in Italy / Yahya Pallavicini
  • Efforts to establish an imam-training programme in Finland / Tuomas Martikainen, RiittaLatvio.