Islam in Europe

In the West, mosques led by women have emerged in significant numbers over the last decade. Re-readings of Islam in a gender perspective are nevertheless also occurring outside these institutions.

Since 1992 there has been a growing need for imams and teachers of Islamic religion in the Balkans and with its training centres. And now these institutions aspire to become a point of reference also for the Muslim communities in Western Europe

Since the AKP took power in Turkey, the Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) has become an instrument of political influence and one of the main interlocutors of European states

British multiculturalism is increasingly questioned. Sharia councils are likely to lead to social ghettoisation but at the same time provide important services for English Muslims. Tracing the history of a debate

The Balkan country has historically been characterized by the coexistence of Christians, Muslims and Jews. A focus on the Islamic presence in Bulgaria

If we are to take stock of the Muslim presence in Europe and likely future trends, it is helpful to retrace the course of the last fifty years

After the attacks of 2015 and 2016, jihadist radicalization once more catalysed the attention of the media, the political world and the security services. The Muslim presence in Europe is characterized by a multiplicity of currents and movements, however

The disputes over the compatibility of Islamic norms with the laws in force on the Continent are multiplying within European societies. The reality is nevertheless more complicated than the dichotomous representations emerging from these controversies would suggest

The idea of a “Moroccan exception” has been belied by the Casablanca attacks in 2003. Nevertheless, thanks to a series of reforms in the religious field, Morocco seems to have re-appropriated its image of potential model and is trying to export it to Europe as well

The shift in the Muslim migrants’ religious affiliation from the private sphere to the public one has been marked by an evolution in the meaning to be attributed to the word “community”, with the old one now being called into question by a new generation of Muslims