Thijl Sunier & Nico Landman 
Transnational Turkish Islam 

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.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction 1. Islam and Politics in Turkey 2. Turkish Organized Islam in Europe 3. Diyanet 4. Süleymanl?s 5. Milli Görü? 6. Gülen-movement (Hizmet) 7. Alevis 8. Other Movements and Organizations Conclusion

Om författaren

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.