Beschreibung:
Ina Merdjanova, Irish School of Ecumenics/Trinity College Dublin
This book discusses the role of Islam in the political and social developments in the Balkans after the fall of communism. It explores comparatively the transformations of Muslim identities under the influence of various national and transnational, domestic and global factors.
Map of the Balkans; A Note on Pronunciation and Transliteration; Preface and Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Islam and National Identities in the Balkans; Chapter 2: Muslim Transnationalism and the Reclaiming of Balkan Islam; Chapter 3: Islam and Women in the Balkans; Chapter 4: Balkan Muslims and the Discourse on a European Islam; Conclusion: Divergent Trajectories of Islam in the Balkans; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index