Cesari - Muslim in the West after 9/11: religion, politics and law

Muslims in the West after 9/11

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 respectively, 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 Harvards Center for Middle Eastern Studies and the Center for European Studies, teaching at the Harvard Divinity School and in the Government Department. She is a French political scientist, tenured at the French National Center for Scientific Research in Paris, and specializes in contemporary Islamic societies.

Muslims in the West after 9/11

Religion, politics, and law

Edited by Jocelyne Cesari

LONDON AND NEW YORK

First published 2010
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2010 Jocelyne Cesari for selection and editorial matter;
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Muslims in the West after 9/11: religion, politics and law/edited by Jocelyne Cesari.
p. cm.
1. MuslimsUnited StatesReligion. 2. MuslimsUnited StatesPolitical activity.
3. MuslimsLegal status, laws, etc.United States. 4. MuslimsEuropeReligion.
5. MuslimsEuropePolitical activity. 6. MuslimsLegal status, laws, etc.Europe.
7. Islamic fundamentalismUnited States. 8. Islamic fundamentalismEurope.
9. United StatesRace relations. 10. EuropeRace relations. I. Cesari, Jocelyne.
E184.M88M868 2009
305.6'97091821dc22
2009023513

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