Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ,   , viii ,   ,
The Contributors ,   , ix ,   ,
Introduction: Modernizing Islam and Re-Islamization in Global Perspective ,   , 1 , (2) ,
  , John L. Esposito ,
,
  , The challenge of political Islam ,
,   , 3 , (1) ,
  , Issues and trends in global re-Islamization ,
,   , 3 , (3) ,
  , Re-Islamization in the public sphere ,
,   , 6 , (5) ,
  , Re-Islamization in Europe ,
,   , 11 , (6) ,
  , Conclusion ,
,   ,
Part I. ISSUES AND TRENDS IN GLOBAL RE-ISLAMIZATION ,   ,
  , Veils and Obscuring Lenses ,
,   , 17 , (26) ,
  , Francois Burgat ,
,
  , Islam and Reason ,
,   , 18 , (3) ,
  , The Islamic reference between popular perceptions and state strategies ,
,   , 21 , (11) ,
  , France's ``Muslim policy'' ,
,   , 32 , (2) ,
  , The Khelkhal syndrome ,
,   , 34 , (3) ,
  , France's Muslim policy defying universality ,
,   , 37 , (2) ,
  , Islam soluble in employment? ,
,   , 39 , (4) ,
  , The Modernizing Force of Islamism ,
,   , 43 , (26) ,
  , Bjorn Olav Utvik ,
,
  , The Middle East in the throes of change ,
,   , 44 , (1) ,
  , Obscurantists with cellular phones? ,
,   , 45 , (5) ,
  , Kindred spirit: Falwell or Cromwell? ,
,   , 50 , (4) ,
  , Economic development as a divinely imposed duty ,
,   , 54 , (2) ,
  , ``Renewal of self''---not Westernization ,
,   , 56 , (1) ,
  , Loyal to God only---the individualizing aspect of Islamism ,
,   , 57 , (4) ,
  , Politics for the many ,
,   , 61 , (3) ,
  , A modernizing force ,
,   , 64 , (5) ,
  , Islam and Civil Society ,
,   , 69 , (34) ,
  , John L. Esposito ,
,
  , Islam, democracy and civil society ,
,   , 70 , (1) ,
  , Contemporary Muslim politics ,
,   , 71 , (1) ,
  , Islam and the modern state ,
,   , 71 , (1) ,
  , The challenge of Islamic revivalism ,
,   , 72 , (2) ,
  , Democracy and civil society in the Muslim world ,
,   , 74 , (1) ,
  , The quiet revolution: Islam and civil society ,
,   , 75 , (2) ,
  , Political participation and civil society ,
,   , 77 , (10) ,
  , Government responses to civil society in the post-Gulf War period ,
,   , 87 , (1) ,
  , Threat or challenge to civil society? ,
,   , 88 , (1) ,
  , A triple threat? ,
,   , 89 , (1) ,
  , The diversity of Muslim politics ,
,   , 90 , (1) ,
  , Civil society, democratization, and foreign policy ,
,   , 91 , (3) ,
  , Islam and pluralism ,
,   , 94 , (2) ,
  , The empowerment of Muslim women ,
,   , 96 , (7) ,
Part II. RE-ISLAMIZATION IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE ,   ,
  , Islam and the Common Mortal ,
,   , 103 , (22) ,
  , Fariba Adelkhah ,
,
  , Mohammad Khatami's election victory: break or continuity? ,
,   , 104 , (6) ,
  , Funeral practices and the forming of a public space ,
,   , 110 , (8) ,
  , Funeral practices and the creation of a political forum ,
,   , 118 , (7) ,
  , A Return to the Shariah? Egyptian Judges and Referring to Islam ,
,   , 125 , (20) ,
  , Baudouin Dupret ,
,
  , The reference to Islam in law and in judicial practice ,
,   , 126 , (5) ,
  , Perspectives on Islam in law ,
,   , 131 , (5) ,
  , The judge, the state, and the Shariah ,
,   , 136 , (9) ,
  , Women's Islamic Activism: Between Self-Practices and Social Reform Efforts ,
,   , 145 , (22) ,
  , Connie Carøe Christiansen ,
,
  , Angles of approach ,
,   , 146 , (4) ,
  , Edifying Islamism ,
,   , 150 , (1) ,
  , The dynamics of education ,
,   , 151 , (1) ,
  , Technologies of self ,
,   , 152 , (1) ,
  , Self-practices and social reform ,
,   , 153 , (3) ,
  , A change of general conduct ,
,   , 156 , (3) ,
  , Two categories of activism ,
,   , 159 , (3) ,
  , Everyday life programmed ,
,   , 162 , (1) ,
  , Objectified bodies ,
,   , 163 , (4) ,
  , Islamization and Education in Egypt: Between Politics, Culture, and the Market ,
,   , 167 , (26) ,
  , Linda Herrera ,
,
  , Liberalization, Islamization, and education ,
,   , 167 , (4) ,
  , The battle over national education ,
,   , 171 , (2) ,
  , Purging extremist teachers and thought from schools ,
,   , 173 , (3) ,
  , Beyond militancy: school uniforms and the cultural politics of education ,
,   , 176 , (4) ,
  , Private Islamic schools: between the state, non-state actors and the market ,
,   , 180 , (1) ,
  , Negotiating gender: the school of an Islamic charitable association ,
,   , 181 , (4) ,
  , Five star schooling: the commercialization of Islamic education ,
,   , 185 , (8) ,
Part III. RE-ISLAMIZATION IN EUROPE ,   ,
  , The Growing Islamization of Europe ,
,   , 193 , (22) ,
  , Oussama Cherribi ,
,
  , The growth of Muslim communities in Europe ,
,   , 194 , (1) ,
  , The increasing visibility of Islam in European public space ,
,   , 195 , (3) ,
  , The role of media and new technology ,
,   , 198 , (1) ,
  , The political mobilization of Muslim communities ,
,   , 199 , (7) ,
  , Mobilization in comparative perspective ,
,   , 206 , (1) ,
  , Conclusions ,
,   , 207 , (3) ,
  , Epilogue: Life in Europe shortly after September 11, 2001 ,
,   , 210 , (5) ,
  , The Holy Grail of Muslims in Western Europe: Representation and their Relationship with the State ,
,   , 215 , (36) ,
  , Dilwar Hussain ,
,
  , Religion and state ,
,   , 217 , (1) ,
  , Islam and Europe ,
,   , 218 , (2) ,
  , A minority in Europe ,
,   , 220 , (3) ,
  , Community-state Relations ,
,   , 223 , (22) ,
  , Muslim representation in Europe ,
,   , 245 , (6) ,
  , Muslim Minorities in Europe: The Silent Revolution ,
,   , 251 , (20) ,
  , Jocelyne Cesari ,
,
  , Islam as a transnational religion ,
,   , 253 , (3) ,
  , The emergence of a post-migration religious minority ,
,   , 256 , (3) ,
  , The emergence of a Muslim individual ,
,   , 259 , (1) ,
  , Privatization of Islam ,
,   , 260 , (4) ,
  , Islam as a new form of citizenship ,
,   , 264 , (1) ,
  , The Islamization of European political cultures ,
,   , 265 , (3) ,
  , Pluralism as an issue ,
,   , 268 , (3) ,
Index ,   , 271 ,

About the Author

John L. Esposito is a professor of religion and international affairs in the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and editor-in-chief of the Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World. His most recent books are Unholy War: Terror in the Name of Islam and What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam.

François Burgat is a fellow at the Institut de Recherche et d'Etudes sur le Monde Arabe et Musulman in Aix-en-Provence, France. His most recent book is The Islamic Movement in North Africa.