Everyday Life Practices of Muslims in Europe - Current Issues in Islam

Publisher Marketing: Everyday Life Practices of Muslims in Europe explores how Muslims give meaning to Islam on a day-to-day basis. The contributions look at concrete practices, identities, memories, and normalities in daily Muslim life and provide insights to the complexities of identities. They examine Muslims' use of and construction of spaces, daily practices, forms of interaction, and modes of thinking in different areas, resulting in a thorough analysis and framework of Muslims' day-to-day life through topical chapters on food, space, entertainment, marriage, and mosque, covering the extent of hybridity and the preservation of religious-ethnic particularities. Contributors: Rachel Brown (Wilfrid Laurier University), Mohammed El-Bachouti (UPF), Valentina Fedele (Universita della Calabria), Diletta Guidi (Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes), Ossame Hegazy (Bauhaus, University, Weimar), Ajmal Hussain (Aston University), Jana Jevtic (Central European University), Elsa Mescoli (University of Liege), Wim Peumans (KU Leuven), Sumeyye Ulu Sameto lu (EHESS), Leen Sterck (The Netherlands Institute for Social Research), Thijl Sunier (VU University Amsterdam), Erkan To u lu (KU Leuven)." Contributor Bio:  Toguslu, Erkan Erkan Toguslu is Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Gulen Chair for Intercultural Studies at KU Leuven University.