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Islam in Denmark : the challenge of diversity / edited by Jørgen S. Nielsen.

Title
Islam in Denmark : the challenge of diversity / edited by Jørgen S. Nielsen.
Publication
Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2012.

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Details

Additional Authors
Nielsen, Jørgen S.
Description
vi, 261 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Denmark > Ethnic relations
  • Islam > Denmark
  • Muslims > Cultural assimilation > Denmark
  • Muslims > Denmark > Cultural assimilation
  • Muslims > Denmark > Ethnic identity
  • Muslims > Denmark > Social conditions
  • Muslims > Denmark
  • Muslims > Social conditions > Denmark
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Setting the scene / Jørgen S. Nielsen -- Denmark, Islam and Muslims : socio-economic dynamics and the art of becoming / Jørgen Bæk Simonsen -- Muslims in Denmark : a critical evaluation of estimation / Brian Arly Jacobsen -- Religion and state : recognition of Islam and related legislation / Lisbet Christoffersen -- Mosques and organizations / Lene Kühle -- Nørrebro and "Muslimness" : a neighborhood caught between national mythscapes and local engagement / Garbi Schmidt -- How did "the Muslim pupil" become Muslim? : Danish state schooling and 'the migrant pupils' since the 1970s / Mette Buchardt -- Gender as a tool in Danish debates about Muslims / Rikke Andreassen -- Conversion to Islam in Denmark / Tina Jensen and Kate Østergaard -- Muslims as a Danish security issue / Mona Kanwal Sheikh and Manni Crone -- "To be something" : the role of religion in the formation of protest identity among ethnic minority youth / Lissi Rasmussen -- Counseling in the Health Service / Naveed Baig -- Interreligious relations / Safet Bektovic -- Towards a European understanding of Islam / Abdul Wahid Pedersen.
ISBN
  • 9780739150924 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0739150928 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780739170137 (electronic)
  • 0739170139 (electronic)
LCCN
^^2011041027