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Transnational Turkish Islam

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
  2. Introduction

    • Thijl Sunier, Nico Landman
    Pages 1-8
  3. Islam and Politics in Turkey

    • Thijl Sunier, Nico Landman
    Pages 9-28
  4. Turkish Organized Islam in Europe

    • Thijl Sunier, Nico Landman
    Pages 29-45
  5. Diyanet

    • Thijl Sunier, Nico Landman
    Pages 46-56
  6. Süleymanlıs

    • Thijl Sunier, Nico Landman
    Pages 57-67
  7. Milli Görüş

    • Thijl Sunier, Nico Landman
    Pages 68-80
  8. Gülen-movement (Hizmet)

    • Thijl Sunier, Nico Landman
    Pages 81-94
  9. Alevis

    • Thijl Sunier, Nico Landman
    Pages 95-106
  10. Other Movements and Organizations

    • Thijl Sunier, Nico Landman
    Pages 107-113
  11. Conclusions, Dynamics, and Tendencies

    • Thijl Sunier, Nico Landman
    Pages 114-120
  12. Back Matter

    Pages 121-138

About this book

Transnational Turkish Islam provides an overview of Turkish organized Islam in seven European countries. It shows how Turkish Islamic organizations have developed from typical migrant associations in the 1970s and 1980s into present-day European Islamic associations with their own cultural and religious specificities and agendas.

Authors and Affiliations

  • VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Thijl Sunier

  • Utrecht University, The Netherlands

    Nico Landman

About the authors

Thijl Sunier is Professor of Anthropology at VU University Amsterdam, Netherlands. He specializes in Islam in Europe, transnational religious activism, and religious authority. He conducted research among Turkish youth in France, Germany, Great Britain and the Netherlands, research on nation-building and multiculturalism in France and The Netherlands, and research on Islamic community building and religious authority.

Nico Landman is Associate Professor of Islamic Studies and Coordinator of Religious Studies at Utrecht University, Netherlands. His research focus is on the institutionalisation of Islam in Western Europe.

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