Migration and Integration Challenges of Muslim Immigrants in Europe

Annemarie Profanter is Professor of Intercultural Pedagogy at the Faculty of Education of the Free University of Bolzano (unibz), Italy. Since 2004 she has resided periodically in Pakistan, Oman and Saudi Arabia conducting fieldwork and holding visiting fellowships at various universities. Her research focus is on gender issues in relation to Arab women in the Gulf, Islamic integration and migration issues in Europe.Elena Maestri is Professor of History and Institutions of the Muslim World at the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart (UCSC), Milan, Italy. She has carried out extensive research on the history, politics and societies of the Gulf Arab countries, on gender issues and Islam, development and cooperation in the GCC, and on the old and the new media in the Arab-Muslim world.

• Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Migration and the Muslim World: Perspektives and Challenges.- Chapter 3. Migration, Integration and Belonging. Pakistani Migrants in Britain and in the United Arab Emirates.- Chapter 4. Migration Changes and Integration Challenges in the Moroccan Case.- Chapter 5. Ceuta and Melilla: Integration and Coexistence in a plural Society.- Chapter 6. The Veil as Perceived and Real Boundary for Spanish Muslim Youth: Case by Case Regulation in Light of Discrimination and Individual Rights Claims.- Chapter 7. Resource Mobilization and the Institutional Frameword of Islam: The Integration of Muslim Turks in Germany.- Chapter 8. Immigration in Europe and Italy: Different Perspec- tives, Shared Challenges?- Chapter 9. Conclusion.