The Minority Concept in the Turkish Context

Practices and Perceptions in Turkey, Greece and France

Samim Akgönül, Strasbourg University

In The Minority Concept in the Turkish Context, Samim Akgönül presents a conceptual discussion of the term ‘minority’ from various perspectives, most notably history, sociology and political science. The concept of minority has a specific understanding in the Turkish political, sociological and legal context due to the Ottoman Millet system approach. The conceptual discussion is illustrated by three case studies: religious minorities in Turkey that are the result of the elimination policies during the Turkish nation building process, Muslim minorities in Greece as heritage of the Ottoman domination until the 20th century, and new minorities originating from Turkey and living in France as the result of the Turkish immigration of 1960′s and following decades

 

Yearbook of Muslims in Europe n° 4

Edited by Jørgen S. Nielsen, University of Copenhagen; Samim Akgönül, Strasbourg University; Ahmet Alibašić, Center for Advanced Studies, Sarajevo; Brigitte Maréchal, Cismoc, Université Catholique de Louvain and Egdūnas Račius, Vytautas Magnus University

 

The Yearbook of Muslims in Europe provides an up-to-date account of the situation of Muslims in Europe. Covering 46 countries of Europe in its broader sense, the Yearbook presents a country-by-country summary of essential data with basic statistics and evaluations of their reliability, surveys of legal status and arrangements, organisations, etc. Data have been brought up to date from the previous volume.
From 2012 onwards, the Yearbook of Muslims in Europe will continue as two separate publications. The Yearbook will remain the annual reference work for country surveys on Muslims in Europe. The former article and review section of the yearbook are now published as the new Journal of Muslims in Europe.

The Yearbook of Muslims in Europe is an important source of reference for government and NGO officials, journalists, and policy makers as well as scholars

 

JOME

Journal of Muslims in Europe

Editors

Samim Akgönül, Ahmet Alibašic, Brigitte Maréchal, Jørgen S. Nielsen, Egdunas Racius

The Journal of Muslims in Europe is devoted to publishing articles dealing with contemporary issues on Islam and Muslims in Europe from all disciplines and across the whole region, as well as historical studies of relevance to the present. The focus is on articles offering cross-country comparisons or with significant theoretical or methodological relevance to the field. Case studies with innovative approaches or on under-explored issues, and studies of policy and policy development in the various European institutions, including the European courts, and transnational movements and social and cultural processes are also welcome. The journal also welcomes book reviews.

All contributions to the journal must display a substantial use of primary-source material and must be original. The editors also encourage younger scholars to submit contributions. The Journal of Muslims in Europe has a double-blind peer review system.

 

Yearbook of Muslims in Europe, Volume 3

Yearbook of Muslims in Europe

Volume 3

Edited by Jørgen S. Nielsen, Samim Akgönül, Ahmet Alibašić, Hugh Goddard and Brigitte Maréchal

The Yearbook of Muslims in Europe provides an up-to-date account of the situation of Muslims in Europe. Covering 46 countries of Europe in its broader sense, the Yearbook consists of three sections: the first section presents a country-by-country summary of essential data with basic statistics and evaluations of their reliability, surveys of legal status and arrangements, organisations, etc. Data have been brought up to date from the previous volume. The second section contains analysis and research articles on issues and themes of current relevance written by experts in the field. The final section provides reviews of recently published books of significance.

The Yearbook is an important source of reference for government and NGO officials, journalists, and policy makers as well as scholars

 

Call for Paper – Yearbook of Muslims in Europe

CALL FOR PAPERS

YEARBOOK OF MUSLIMS IN EUROPE

Dear colleagues,

I would like to introduce you to a new important publishing, a Yearbook of Muslims in Europe published by the well-known Dutch academic publisher Brill in Leiden.

Each annual volume provides an up-to-date account of the situation of Muslims in Europe. Covering 46 countries of Western, Central and Eastern Europe, the Yearbook consists of three sections

The first section presents a country-by-country survey of essential data with basic statistics with evaluations of their reliability, surveys of legal status and arrangements, organizations, etc. providing an annually up-dated reference resource.

The second section contains analysis and research articles on issues and themes of current relevance written by experts in the field.

The final section provides reviews of recently published books of significance. The Yearbook is already an important source of reference for government and NGO officials, journalists, and policy makers as well as researchers. The first volume, covering 2008, was published in November 2009, and the second volume in November 2010. The third volume is being published in November 2011:

http://www.brill.nl/default.aspx?partid=210&pid=31393
The yearbook is led by an editorial team consisting of:
Prof. Jørgen S. Nielsen, Centre for European Islamic Thought, Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen , Denmark (coordinating editor).

Prof. Samim Akgönül, PRISME, Université de Strasbourg, France
Dr Ahmet Alibasic, Islam in South East Europe Forum, Sarajevo, Bosnia

Prof. Dr Brigitte Maréchal, CISMOC, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Dr. Egdunas Racius, Vilnius University, Lithuania
The editors are supported by an international group of editorial advisers, and there are country specialists who assemble the reference data for each of the 46 countries covered.
I am writing on behalf of the editorial team to invite you to write one of the articles of the fourth volume, especially on a current issue related to Muslims in Europe.  The article must be between 5000 – 10000 words and will be paid 150 €. The deadline for submitting the articles is 1^st December 2011.
We sincerely hope that you will consider this invitation very positively and let me know your response as soon as possible.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours sincerely.

Samim Akgönül

akgonul@unistra.fr

 

Why me 2

Yearbook of Muslims in Europe

Volume 2

Edited by Jørgen S. Nielsen, Samim Akgönül,

Ahmet Alibašić, Brigitte Maréchal and

Christian Moe

Editor-in-Chief
Jørgen S. Nielsen, Ph.D. (1978) in Arab history, American University of Beirut, has researched and published extensively on Islam in Europe, including Muslims in Western Europe (3rd ed., Edinburgh University Press, 2004). He is currently Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Copenhagen.

Editors
Samim Akgönül, Ph.D. (2001), historian and political scientist, is Associate Professor at Strasbourg University and senior researcher at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS). He studies the evolution of minority concepts as well as religious minorities in Eastern and Western Europe.

Ahmet Alibašić is a lecturer at the Faculty of Islamic Studies, University of Sarajevo, and director of the Center for Advanced Studies in Sarajevo. He was educated in Kuala Lumpur (Islamic studies, political sciences, and Islamic civilization). He also served as the first director of the Interreligious Institute in Sarajevo (2007-2008).

Brigitte Maréchal, Ph.D. (2006) in sociology, graduated in political sciences and islamology. She is Professor at the Université Catholique de Louvain and director of Cismoc (Centre Interdisciplinaire d’Etudes de l’Islam dans le Monde Contemporain). She has published extensively on European Islam and is the author of The Muslim Brothers in Europe – Roots and Discourse (Brill, 2008).

Christian Moe, Ph.D. candidate, history of religion, University of Oslo, is a freelance writer and researcher in Slovenia, focusing on Balkan Muslims, human rights, and religious reform. He is co-editor of New Directions in Islamic Thought (I.B. Tauris, 2009).

The Yearbook of Muslims in Europe provides an up-to-date account of the situation of Muslims in Europe. Covering 46 countries of Europe from the Atlantic to the Urals, the Yearbook consists of three sections: the first section presents a country-by-country summary of essential data with basic statistics with evaluations of their reliability, surveys of legal status and arrangements, organisations, etc. Data have been brought up to date from the first volume. The second section contains analysis and research articles on issues and themes of current relevance written by experts in the field. The final section provides reviews of recently published books of significance. The Yearbook is an important source of reference for government and NGO officials, journalists, and policy makers as well as researchers

 

n° 2

 

Islams and Muslim !

Islam and Muslims in Germany

Edited by Ala Al-Hamarneh and Jörn Thielmann

In the European discourse of post 9/11 reality, concepts such as “Multiculturalism”, “Integration” and “European Islam” are becoming more and more topical. The empirically- based contributions in this volume aim to reflect the variety of current Muslim social practices and life-worlds in Germany. The volume goes beyond the fragmented methods of minority case studies and the monolithic view of Muslims as portrayed by mass media to present fresh theoretical approaches and in-depth analyses of a rich mosaic of communities, cultures and social practices. Issues of politics, religion, society, economics, media, art, literature, law and gender are addressed. The result is a vibrant state-of-the-art publication of studies of real-life communities and individuals.

 

now available

 

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