Welfare Activities by New Religious Actors

Presents original descriptive data on the activities and structures of Islamic organisations

Offers a critical description of the existing academic literature on the social activities of Islamic actors in several countries of Western Europe

Illustrates how Muslim European populations are often theoretically represented as isolated from the state structure

Autorentext
Elisa Banfi is a Postdoctoral Research Assistant at the Institute for Citizenship Studies (InCite) at the University of Geneva. Her work focuses on Muslim organisations in Europe, the engagement of religious actors, and the relationship between Islam and politics.

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. Analysing Islamic Welfare Activism in Western European Countries.- 3. Islamic Sociocultural Activism in Zurich.- 4. Islamic Sociocultural Activism in Rome.- 5. Islamic Sociocultural Activism in Geneva.- 6. Islamic Sociocultural Activism in Milan.-7.Intranational and Cross-National Data Analysis.- 8. Conclusion.