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Religious freedom, multiculturalism, Islam : cross-reading Finland and Ireland

Title
Religious freedom, multiculturalism, Islam : cross-reading Finland and Ireland / by Tuula Sakaranaho.
Author
Sakaranaho, Tuula.
Publication
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006.

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Description
xvi, 468 pages; 24 cm.
Summary
This is a comparative study of Muslims in Finland and the Republic of Ireland, from the perspective of religious freedom and multiculturalism. The book consists of three parts: the first part discusses religious freedom and multiculturalism from a conceptual point of view and mainly within the context of Western Europe, culminating in the cases of Finland and Ireland; the second part deals with the establishment of Muslim communities in Europe in general, and in Finland and Ireland in particular; and, the third part concerns Islam and education in these respective countries. -- Back cover.
Series Statement
Muslim minorities, 1570-7571 ; 6
Uniform Title
Muslim minorities ; 6.
Subject
  • Islam > Finland
  • Islam > Ireland
  • Freedom of religion > Finland
  • Freedom of religion > Ireland
  • Multiculturalism > Finland
  • Multiculturalism > Ireland
  • Islam > Finlande
  • Islam > Irlande
  • Liberté religieuse > Finlande
  • Liberté religieuse > Irlande
  • Multiculturalisme > Finlande
  • Multiculturalisme > Irlande
  • Freedom of religion
  • Islam
  • Multiculturalism
  • Islam
  • Religionsfreiheit
  • Godsdienstvrijheid
  • Multiculturele samenlevingen
  • Finland
  • Ireland
  • Finnland
  • Irland
  • Ierland
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [425]-455) and index.
Contents
Introduction ---- 1. Religion and multiculturalism --- 2. The rhetoric of religious freedom --- 3. Religious freedom in Finland --- 4. Religious freedom in Ireland --- 5. Rooting Islam in Europe --- 6. Finland: one hundred years of Muslim presence --- 7. Muslims in Ireland: establishment and visibility --- 8. Diversity of religious education --- 9. The education of Islam in Finnish schools --- 10. Muslim national school in Ireland ---- Concluding remarks.
ISBN
  • 9789004153172
  • 9004153179
LCCN
  • 2006051683
  • 9789004153172
OCLC
  • ocm71747972
  • 71747972
  • SCSB-1424169
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library