Counterterrorism and the Integration of Islam in Europe
Counterterrorism and the Integration of Islam in Europe
Author(s): Jytte KlausenSubject(s): Islam studies, Politics and religion
Published by: Editura Universitaria Craiova
Summary/Abstract: Samuel Huntington’s theory of a global confrontation between Islam and “the West” is particularly attractive in Europe, where problems with Islamic minorities are regarded as local skirmishes in an international struggle at the heart of which lie values, symbols, and identity, and where conflicts over what to do with Muslims have reopened old debates about the position of religion in society and created unlikely political alliances.
Journal: Revista de Științe Politice. Revue des Sciences Politiques
- Issue Year: 2010
- Issue No: 25
- Page Range: 86-93
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English