Modernizing Islam
288 pages, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2
Paperback
Release Date:21 Jan 2003
ISBN:9780813531984
Modernizing Islam
Religion in the Public Sphere in the Middle East and Europe
Edited by John L. Esposito and François Burgat
Rutgers University Press
In recent years, Islam has become a more visible force, not only in North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, but also in Western Europe and the United States. Greater attention to religious observance (prayer, fasting, dress, pilgrimage) has accompanied the creation of new institutions (mosques, finance houses, insurance companies, schools, clinics, and hospitals). Religiously inspired social and political movements have proliferated. Only a few decades ago, Muslims were virtually invisible in Europe and America. Today, increased immigration has changed the religious landscape of the West. Mosques and Islamic centers are found in European and American cities and towns. Muslims are visible in nearly every area of social and political life. A list of major Islamic cities and populations today must include not only Cairo, Tunis, Damascus, and Islamabad, but also Paris, London, New York, and Detroit. This demographic and cultural shift requires that we speak not only of the relationship between the traditional Islamic world and the West, but also about Islam in the West. It has also meant that Islam has been obliged to modernize, to grapple with its status as a minority religion in some parts of the world and a majority one in others.
Modernizing Islam speaks to the significance, origins, influences, and implications of Islam’s changes, and thus to the various ways in which this religion is becoming a truly global force, shaping such realms as law, politics, education, and ethics, among many others
John L. Esposito is a professor of religion and international affairs in the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and editor-in-chief of the Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World. His most recent books are Unholy War: Terror in the Name of Islam and What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam.
François Burgat is a fellow at the Institut de Recherche et d'Etudes sur le Monde Arabe et Musulman in Aix-en-Provence, France. His most recent book is The Islamic Movement in North Africa.
François Burgat is a fellow at the Institut de Recherche et d'Etudes sur le Monde Arabe et Musulman in Aix-en-Provence, France. His most recent book is The Islamic Movement in North Africa.
Acknowledgments , , viii , ,
The Contributors , , ix , ,
Introduction: Modernizing Islam and Re-Islamization in Global Perspective , , 1 , (2) ,
, John L. Esposito ,
,
, The challenge of political Islam ,
, , 3 , (1) ,
, Issues and trends in global re-Islamization ,
, , 3 , (3) ,
, Re-Islamization in the public sphere ,
, , 6 , (5) ,
, Re-Islamization in Europe ,
, , 11 , (6) ,
, Conclusion ,
, ,
Part I. ISSUES AND TRENDS IN GLOBAL RE-ISLAMIZATION , ,
, Veils and Obscuring Lenses ,
, , 17 , (26) ,
, Francois Burgat ,
,
, Islam and Reason ,
, , 18 , (3) ,
, The Islamic reference between popular perceptions and state strategies ,
, , 21 , (11) ,
, France's ``Muslim policy'' ,
, , 32 , (2) ,
, The Khelkhal syndrome ,
, , 34 , (3) ,
, France's Muslim policy defying universality ,
, , 37 , (2) ,
, Islam soluble in employment? ,
, , 39 , (4) ,
, The Modernizing Force of Islamism ,
, , 43 , (26) ,
, Bjorn Olav Utvik ,
,
, The Middle East in the throes of change ,
, , 44 , (1) ,
, Obscurantists with cellular phones? ,
, , 45 , (5) ,
, Kindred spirit: Falwell or Cromwell? ,
, , 50 , (4) ,
, Economic development as a divinely imposed duty ,
, , 54 , (2) ,
, ``Renewal of self''---not Westernization ,
, , 56 , (1) ,
, Loyal to God only---the individualizing aspect of Islamism ,
, , 57 , (4) ,
, Politics for the many ,
, , 61 , (3) ,
, A modernizing force ,
, , 64 , (5) ,
, Islam and Civil Society ,
, , 69 , (34) ,
, John L. Esposito ,
,
, Islam, democracy and civil society ,
, , 70 , (1) ,
, Contemporary Muslim politics ,
, , 71 , (1) ,
, Islam and the modern state ,
, , 71 , (1) ,
, The challenge of Islamic revivalism ,
, , 72 , (2) ,
, Democracy and civil society in the Muslim world ,
, , 74 , (1) ,
, The quiet revolution: Islam and civil society ,
, , 75 , (2) ,
, Political participation and civil society ,
, , 77 , (10) ,
, Government responses to civil society in the post-Gulf War period ,
, , 87 , (1) ,
, Threat or challenge to civil society? ,
, , 88 , (1) ,
, A triple threat? ,
, , 89 , (1) ,
, The diversity of Muslim politics ,
, , 90 , (1) ,
, Civil society, democratization, and foreign policy ,
, , 91 , (3) ,
, Islam and pluralism ,
, , 94 , (2) ,
, The empowerment of Muslim women ,
, , 96 , (7) ,
Part II. RE-ISLAMIZATION IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE , ,
, Islam and the Common Mortal ,
, , 103 , (22) ,
, Fariba Adelkhah ,
,
, Mohammad Khatami's election victory: break or continuity? ,
, , 104 , (6) ,
, Funeral practices and the forming of a public space ,
, , 110 , (8) ,
, Funeral practices and the creation of a political forum ,
, , 118 , (7) ,
, A Return to the Shariah? Egyptian Judges and Referring to Islam ,
, , 125 , (20) ,
, Baudouin Dupret ,
,
, The reference to Islam in law and in judicial practice ,
, , 126 , (5) ,
, Perspectives on Islam in law ,
, , 131 , (5) ,
, The judge, the state, and the Shariah ,
, , 136 , (9) ,
, Women's Islamic Activism: Between Self-Practices and Social Reform Efforts ,
, , 145 , (22) ,
, Connie Carøe Christiansen ,
,
, Angles of approach ,
, , 146 , (4) ,
, Edifying Islamism ,
, , 150 , (1) ,
, The dynamics of education ,
, , 151 , (1) ,
, Technologies of self ,
, , 152 , (1) ,
, Self-practices and social reform ,
, , 153 , (3) ,
, A change of general conduct ,
, , 156 , (3) ,
, Two categories of activism ,
, , 159 , (3) ,
, Everyday life programmed ,
, , 162 , (1) ,
, Objectified bodies ,
, , 163 , (4) ,
, Islamization and Education in Egypt: Between Politics, Culture, and the Market ,
, , 167 , (26) ,
, Linda Herrera ,
,
, Liberalization, Islamization, and education ,
, , 167 , (4) ,
, The battle over national education ,
, , 171 , (2) ,
, Purging extremist teachers and thought from schools ,
, , 173 , (3) ,
, Beyond militancy: school uniforms and the cultural politics of education ,
, , 176 , (4) ,
, Private Islamic schools: between the state, non-state actors and the market ,
, , 180 , (1) ,
, Negotiating gender: the school of an Islamic charitable association ,
, , 181 , (4) ,
, Five star schooling: the commercialization of Islamic education ,
, , 185 , (8) ,
Part III. RE-ISLAMIZATION IN EUROPE , ,
, The Growing Islamization of Europe ,
, , 193 , (22) ,
, Oussama Cherribi ,
,
, The growth of Muslim communities in Europe ,
, , 194 , (1) ,
, The increasing visibility of Islam in European public space ,
, , 195 , (3) ,
, The role of media and new technology ,
, , 198 , (1) ,
, The political mobilization of Muslim communities ,
, , 199 , (7) ,
, Mobilization in comparative perspective ,
, , 206 , (1) ,
, Conclusions ,
, , 207 , (3) ,
, Epilogue: Life in Europe shortly after September 11, 2001 ,
, , 210 , (5) ,
, The Holy Grail of Muslims in Western Europe: Representation and their Relationship with the State ,
, , 215 , (36) ,
, Dilwar Hussain ,
,
, Religion and state ,
, , 217 , (1) ,
, Islam and Europe ,
, , 218 , (2) ,
, A minority in Europe ,
, , 220 , (3) ,
, Community-state Relations ,
, , 223 , (22) ,
, Muslim representation in Europe ,
, , 245 , (6) ,
, Muslim Minorities in Europe: The Silent Revolution ,
, , 251 , (20) ,
, Jocelyne Cesari ,
,
, Islam as a transnational religion ,
, , 253 , (3) ,
, The emergence of a post-migration religious minority ,
, , 256 , (3) ,
, The emergence of a Muslim individual ,
, , 259 , (1) ,
, Privatization of Islam ,
, , 260 , (4) ,
, Islam as a new form of citizenship ,
, , 264 , (1) ,
, The Islamization of European political cultures ,
, , 265 , (3) ,
, Pluralism as an issue ,
, , 268 , (3) ,
Index , , 271 ,
