The Muslim Question in Europe: Political Controversies and Public Philosophies

319 Pages·2016·3.242 MB·English

by  Peter O’Brien

THE MUSLIM QUESTION IN EUROPE

Peter O’Brien
THE MUSLIM QUESTION
IN EUROPE
Political Controversies and Public Philosophies
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY PRESS
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: O’Brien, Peter, 1960– author.
Title: Th e Muslim question in Europe : political controversies and public philosophies /
Peter O’Brien.
Description: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Temple University Press, 2016. | Includes
bibliographical references and index.
Identifi ers: LCCN 2015040078| ISBN 9781439912768 (cloth : alk. paper) | ISBN
9781439912775 (paper : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781439912782 (e-book)
Subjects: LCSH: Muslims—Europe—Politics and government. | Islam and
politics—Europe.
Classifi cation: LCC D1056.2.M87 O27 2016 | DDC 305.6/97094—dc23 LC record available
at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015040078
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Contents
Acknowledgments ix
1 Introduction: Clashes within Civilization 1
2 Kulturkampf 24
3 Citizenship 65
4 Veil 104
5 Secularism 144
6 Terrorism 199
7 Conclusion: Messy Politics 241
Aft erword 245
References 249
Index 297

Acknowledgments
I
have accumulated many debts in the gestation of this study. Arleen Harri-
son superintends an able and amiable cadre of student research assistants
without whose reliable and competent support this book would not have
been possible. Special thanks go to Ana Esparza and Alyssa Alfaro, who
compiled the reference lists. Trinity University thrice awarded me summer
research stipends as well as academic leaves in 2011 and 2015. In 2011, the
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) gave me a Research Visit
Grant. Gökçe Yurdakul graciously hosted the visit at the Institute for Social
Sciences at the Humboldt University in Berlin. Dagmar Vinz also deserves
thanks for arranging the “Politics of Diversity” seminar that I off ered in
2011 as part of the Gender and Diversity Masters Program at the Free Uni-
versity of Berlin. Th e students gave me valuable feedback for what amounted
to an initial presentation of the general argument of the book. For inviting
me to give guest lectures about the book’s themes at their universities, I am
indebted to Sieglinde Rosenberger (University of Vienna), Nermin Abadan-
Unat (Boğaziçi University), Gökçe Yurdakul (Humboldt University of Ber-
lin), Karin Goihl and Schirin Amir-Moazami (Free University of Berlin),
and Sheila Pantlind (Aquinas College). Special thanks go to Gary Freeman,
Gökçe Yurdakul, Schirin Amir-Moazami, Sieglinde Rosenberger, Tina
Olteanu, Matt Barrusso, Stanley Fish, Jocelyne Cesari, and Bonnie Honig
for providing critical readings of all or some of the manuscript. Th e seren-
dipitous ways in which my scholarship intersects with that of Garth and
Elizabeth Key Fowden make our annual visits (whether in Limni, Berlin, or