Islam, Religious Liberty and Constitutionalism in Europe. ISBN 9781509966950 from Practitioner Books

For centuries, since the Roman Empire's adoption of Christianity, the continent of Europe has been perceived as something of a Christian fortress. Today, the increase in the number of Muslims living in Europe and the prominence of Islamic belief pose questions not only for Europe's religious traditions but also for its constitutional make up. This book examines these challenges within the legal and political framework of Europe. The volume's contributors range from academics at leading universities to former judges and politicians. Its twenty chapters focus on constitutional challenges, human rights with a focus on religious freedom, and securitisation and Islamophobia, while adopting supranational and comparative approaches. This book will appeal not merely to law students in the United Kingdom and the European Union, but to anyone involved in diplomacy and international relations, including political scientists, lobbyists, and members of NGOs. It explores these contested relationships to open up new spaces in how we think about religious freedom and co-existence in Europe and the crucial role that Islam has had, and continues to have, in its development.

1. Introduction, Mark Hill KC (Cardiff University, UK) and Lina Papadopoulou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece) Part One: Constitutional Challenges 2. Religious Freedom for Muslims: A Challenge to the Historical Foundations and Resilience of the European Constitutionalism, Evangelos Venizelos (Former Deputy President and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic, Greece) 3. When History Cripples the Future for Muslims in Europe: The Struggle Between Two Notions of Constitutionalism, Ali Rashid Al-Nuaimi (International Steering Board of Hedayah, United Arab Emirates) 4. European Values and Islam, Maurits S. Berger (Leiden University, the Netherlands) 5. Old and New Islam in Europe: A General Framework, Konstantinos Tsitselikis (University of Macedonia, Greece) 6. Constitutionalism, Populism, and Islam in Europe, Andrea Pin (University of Padua, Italy) Part Two: Religious Freedom And Other Human Rights 7. Respecting Human Rights by Reconciling the Rights of Muslim Communities and State Policies, Francis Messner (University of Strasbourg, France) 8. Equality and Difference: Muslim Religious Practice, Religious Tribunals and Muslim Women, Samia Bano (SOAS, UK) 9. From Foreigners to Citizens: Freedom of Religion, Education and Policies of Social Integration for Muslim Minors, Enrica Martinelli (University of Ferrara, Italy) 10. Regulating Islam: Limitations on Freedom of Religion in Denmark, Niels Valdemar Vinding (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) Part Three: Supranational And Comparative Approaches 11. Islamic Headgear: The Case;aw of the European Court of Human Rights, Vincent A. de Gaetano (Chief Justice Emeritus, Malta; former Judge and Section President, European Court of Human Rights) 12. Religious Slaughter: A Case Study from the Court of Justice of the European Union, Wolfgang Wieshaider (University of Vienna, Austria) 13. Reasonable Accommodation of Islamic Practices: Europe and America Compared, Ioannis Papadopoulos (University of Macedonia, Greece) 14. Divine Command and Religious Liberty: A Theological Reflection on Islamic Constitutionalism, Mahan Mirza (University of Notre Dame, USA) Part Four: Securitization And Islamophobia 15. Muslims in Europe: Religious Freedom and Security, Agustin Motilla (Universidad Carlos III, Spain) 16. The Legal Treatment of Islamophobic Speech in Europe, Lina Papadopoulou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece) 17. Security and Liberty in the Shadow of Islamophobia, Merilin Kiviorg (University of Tartu, Estonia) 18. The European Debate on Restrictions on Foreign Funding of Islam, Zoila Combalia (University of Zaragosa, Spain) 19. Islamophobia, Xenophobia and Religion in the European Union: A Quantitative Analysis, Konstantinos Papastathis (University of Macedonia, Greece) and Anastasia Litina (University of Macedonia, Greece)

Author(s)	Edited by Mark Hill KC (Cardiff University, UK), Lina Papadopoulou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece).
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN	9781509966950
Format	Hardback
Pages	352
Published in	United Kingdom
Published	8 Feb 2024
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Islam, Religious Liberty and Constitutionalism in Europe

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