"Muslims and Religious Discrimination in England and Wales"
by Paul Weller
Book Chapter co-authored with Alice Feldman and Kingsley Purdam in Jamal Malik (Ed.), Muslims in Europe: From the Margin to the Centre
LIT Verlag, Berlin, pp. 115-144.
2004, 272 S.ISBN 3-8258-7638-1
The paper appears in a volume embodies an uptodate and sensitive set of studies exploring the ongoing negotiation of... more
The paper appears in a volume embodies an uptodate and sensitive set of studies exploring the ongoing negotiation of European Muslim identities in Europe.
The Editor argues there has been hitherto a three-fold response on the part of Muslims in Europe (some of whom are now 3rd generation Europeans) - integrationism, isolationism, and escapism.
Today the latter two responses are giving way, it is argued, to an active shaping of Muslim European identities. The central issue remains: what degree of freedom and what potential for cultural and religious diversity can minorities have in an outwardly secular and plural European society?