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Islam in Post-communist Eastern Europe
Between Churchification and Securitization
Series: - Muslim Minorities, Volume: 35
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In Islam in Post-communist Eastern Europe: Between Churchification and Securitization EgdÅ«nas RaÄius reveals how not only the governance of religions but also practical politics in post-communist Eastern Europe are permeated by the strategies of churchification and securitization of Islam. Though most Muslims and the majority of researchers of Islam hold to the view that there may not be church in Islam, material evidence suggests that the representative Muslim religious organizations in many Eastern European countries have been effectively turned into ecclesiastical-bureaucratic institutions akin to nothing less than ânational Muslim Churchesâ. As such, these ânational Muslim Churchesâ themselves take an active part in securitization, advanced by both non-Muslim political and social actors, of certain forms of Islamic religiosity.
EgdÅ«nas RaÄius, Ph.D. (2004), University of Helsinki, is Professor in Islamic Studies at Vytautas Magnus University, and Senior Researcher in the project Post-secular Condition at Vilnius University, Lithuania. His research focuses on Eastern European Muslim communities. He is the author of Muslims in Eastern Europe (Edinburgh University Press, 2018).
âRaÄiusâ book is one of the best overviews of the macro-trends that run through post-communist Islam in Eastern Europe.â
Gianfranco Bria in Studia Islamica 117 (2022), 375-379.
'RaÄiusâ book stands out as a successful synthesis of research on Islam in Eastern Europe [â¦]. Rather than offering chapters on the individual countries, in each chapter the author juxtaposes the arrangements and constellations in all seven countries that he focuses on. Equally important is that RaÄius brings the discussion of Eastern European Islam into the broader debate on Islam in Europe.
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This thought-provoking book makes an important contribution to the debate on Islam not only in post-socialist Europe but across the whole of the continent.'
Michael Kemper in Die Welt des Islams 61 (2021), 492-494.
Gianfranco Bria in Studia Islamica 117 (2022), 375-379.
'RaÄiusâ book stands out as a successful synthesis of research on Islam in Eastern Europe [â¦]. Rather than offering chapters on the individual countries, in each chapter the author juxtaposes the arrangements and constellations in all seven countries that he focuses on. Equally important is that RaÄius brings the discussion of Eastern European Islam into the broader debate on Islam in Europe.
[â¦]
This thought-provoking book makes an important contribution to the debate on Islam not only in post-socialist Europe but across the whole of the continent.'
Michael Kemper in Die Welt des Islams 61 (2021), 492-494.
Acknowledgements
List of Figures and Tables
Introduction: What? The Churchification of Islam; Where? In Eastern Europe
1 Notions of Church
â1.1 Grappling with Terms: Church and Other Forms of Religious Collectivities
â1.2 IslamâA Church-Less Religion?
2 Islam in Minority (Diaspora) Contexts
â2.1 The Diaspora: Between Migration, Ethnicity and Religion
â2.2 Muslims as (Religious) Diaspora(s): Immigrants versus Autochthons
â2.3 Fiqh al-aqalliyyat versus âEuro-Islamâ/âEuropeanâ Islam
â2.4 Patterns of Governance of Religion (with an Eye on Islam) in (Western) Europe
3 Key Concepts in the Regimes of Governance of Religion in Europe
â3.1 The Churchification of Islam in Europe
â3.2 The Securitization of Islam in Europe
â3.3 Religious Nationalism
â3.4 The Analytical Framework and Model
4 State-Church Relations in Eastern Europe: An Overview
â4.1 Islam in Eastern Europe: The Context
â4.2 Historical Precedents of State-Church Relations in Eastern Europe
â4.3 Frameworks of Governance of Islam in Post-communist Eastern Europe
5 Three Levels of (Non)Accommodation of Islam in Eastern Europe
â5.1 Legal Level
â5.2 Practical Politics Level
â5.3 Non-Muslim Social Actors Level
6 Bottom-Up View: Dynamics in the Islamic Field
â6.1 From Islamic Spiritual Administrations into National Muslim Churches
ââ6.1.1 âEncompasses the totality of believers of that faith understood here as a set of dogmas, rituals and ethicsâ
ââ6.1.2 âHas an ecclesiastical-bureaucratic structure staffed by professional (ordained) clergyâ
â6.2 Inner-Islamic Plurality and Community Dynamics
Conclusions: The Winners, the Losers, and the Prospects
Bibliography
Index
List of Figures and Tables
Introduction: What? The Churchification of Islam; Where? In Eastern Europe
1 Notions of Church
â1.1 Grappling with Terms: Church and Other Forms of Religious Collectivities
â1.2 IslamâA Church-Less Religion?
2 Islam in Minority (Diaspora) Contexts
â2.1 The Diaspora: Between Migration, Ethnicity and Religion
â2.2 Muslims as (Religious) Diaspora(s): Immigrants versus Autochthons
â2.3 Fiqh al-aqalliyyat versus âEuro-Islamâ/âEuropeanâ Islam
â2.4 Patterns of Governance of Religion (with an Eye on Islam) in (Western) Europe
3 Key Concepts in the Regimes of Governance of Religion in Europe
â3.1 The Churchification of Islam in Europe
â3.2 The Securitization of Islam in Europe
â3.3 Religious Nationalism
â3.4 The Analytical Framework and Model
4 State-Church Relations in Eastern Europe: An Overview
â4.1 Islam in Eastern Europe: The Context
â4.2 Historical Precedents of State-Church Relations in Eastern Europe
â4.3 Frameworks of Governance of Islam in Post-communist Eastern Europe
5 Three Levels of (Non)Accommodation of Islam in Eastern Europe
â5.1 Legal Level
â5.2 Practical Politics Level
â5.3 Non-Muslim Social Actors Level
6 Bottom-Up View: Dynamics in the Islamic Field
â6.1 From Islamic Spiritual Administrations into National Muslim Churches
ââ6.1.1 âEncompasses the totality of believers of that faith understood here as a set of dogmas, rituals and ethicsâ
ââ6.1.2 âHas an ecclesiastical-bureaucratic structure staffed by professional (ordained) clergyâ
â6.2 Inner-Islamic Plurality and Community Dynamics
Conclusions: The Winners, the Losers, and the Prospects
Bibliography
Index
All interested in the development and governance of Islam in Eastern Europe, and anyone concerned state-religion relations and the state of religious freedom in the region.