Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figure and Tables
- Preface
- 1 Explaining the Accommodation of Muslim Religious Practices in Western Europe
- 2 Britain: Establishment Religion and Islamic Schools
- 3 France: Laïcité and the Ḥijāb
- 4 Germany: Multiple Establishment and Public Corporation Status
- 5 Public Attitudes toward State Accommodation of Muslims' Religious Practices
- 6 Integration and Muslim Practice
- Appendix: Survey Characteristics
- Glossary of Non-English Terms
- Bibliography
- Index
1 - Explaining the Accommodation of Muslim Religious Practices in Western Europe
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 September 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figure and Tables
- Preface
- 1 Explaining the Accommodation of Muslim Religious Practices in Western Europe
- 2 Britain: Establishment Religion and Islamic Schools
- 3 France: Laïcité and the Ḥijāb
- 4 Germany: Multiple Establishment and Public Corporation Status
- 5 Public Attitudes toward State Accommodation of Muslims' Religious Practices
- 6 Integration and Muslim Practice
- Appendix: Survey Characteristics
- Glossary of Non-English Terms
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The government has been telling us that we are citizens of this country, that we have equal rights. But when we ask for equal rights, for our own schools like other faiths have their own schools, the government tells us that they will be divisive, and that they will create a ghetto mentality. It is Islam that has been ghettoized by the Establishment.
K. S. Butt (2001), chair of the Islamic Resource Centre, BirminghamMuslims have become a part of this society. More than three million Muslims live in Germany permanently. They are not going to “go home.” Their home is here.
Nadeem Elyas (2001), chair of the Zentralrat der Muslime in Deutschland, Cologne, GermanyToday, a French person is not necessarily Catholic, Protestant, etc. Otherwise, a French person would have a beret, a baguette – those are stereotypes. Today a person is French through an act of citizenship, by sharing certain common values and by [supporting] everyone's right to find happiness…. But in the end a French person can be a Muslim, can be a Catholic, can be a Jew, can be a Buddhist…. [Muslims should enjoy religious liberty] just as other [French] citizens do.
Saïda Kada (2001), president of Femmes Françaises et Musulmanes Engagées, Lyon, Francestate accommodation of Muslim religious practices is an increasingly important political issue across Western Europe. More than ten million Muslims currently live in Western Europe, which makes them the largest religious minority in the region.
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2004