Islam and Muslims in Germany

Ala Al-Hamarneh, Ph.D. in human geography (1994), is assistant professor in human geography and a researcher in the Center for Research on the Arab World at the University of Mainz. Issues of migration, poverty, globalization of services and cinematic geo-hermeneutics are in the centre of his academic research. Jörn Thielmann, Ph.D. (2001) in Islamic Studies, Ruhr-University Bochum, is since 2009 Executive Director of the Erlangen Centre for Islam and Law in Europe at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg.He is particulary interested in the anthropology of Islam and in Islamic normativities in a transnational context.

Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Title Award Winner, December 2008.Readable and authoritative chapters on prayer leaders, the legal status of Islamic contracts, the growing importance since the 1980s of identity politics, gender issues, South Asian Muslims, pop music, language and educational issues, Muslims as consumers, and how Muslims are portrayed in the German media make this book a must for anyone interested in the changing face of Islam in Germany today. D.F. Eickelman,CHOICE, 2008Together the chapters provide a broad and interesting overview over many important aspects of the dynamic process in which Muslims and Islam are becoming a part of German society. Af Heiko Henkel, Tidsskrift for Islamforskning, 2010

• AcknowledgementsList of Tables, Figures, Maps and IllustrationsList of ContributorsIslam and Muslims in Germany: An Introductory Exploration, Jörn ThielmannPART I - FRAMING OF MUSLIM LIFE WORLDS (LEBENSWELTEN)Euro-Islam: Some Empirical Evidences, Faruk ŞenIslamic Norms in Germany and Europe, Mathias RoheReligiousness among Young Muslims in Germany, Kea Eilers, Clara Seitz, Konrad HirschlerPART II - ISLAM AND SOCIAL PRACTICEGovernmentality, Pastoral Care and Integration, Levent TezcanPrayer Leader, Counselor, Teacher, Social Worker, and Public Relations Officer—On the Roles and Functions of Imams in Germany, Melanie KampChristian-Muslim Encounter—Recent Issues and Perspectives, Friedmann EisslerThe Bellicose Birth of Euro-Islam in Berlin, Wolfgang G. SchwanitzPART III - COMMUNITIES AND IDENTITIESMuslims’ Collective Self-description as Refl ected in the Institutional Recognition of Islam: The Islamic Charta of the Central Council of Muslims in Germany and Case Law in German Courts, Nikola TietzeIslamic Instruction in German Public Schools: The Case of North-Rhine-Westphalia, Margrete SøvikDifficult Identifications: The Debate on Alevism and Islam in Germany, Martin SökefeldPhilosophers, Freedom Fighters, Pantomimes: South Asian Muslims in Germany, Claudia PreckelPART IV - CULTURETurkish-German Filmmaking: From Phobic Liminality to Transgressive Glocality? Viola ShafikA Literary Dialogue of Cultures: Arab Authors in Germany, Yafa ShanneikThe Entertainment of a Parallel Society? Turkish Popular Music in Germany, Maria WurmPART V - MEDIA“I can watch both sides”—Media Use among Young Arabs in Germany, Judith PiesIslam in German Media, Sabine SchifferThe Turkish Press in Germany: A Public In-between Two Publics? Christoph SchumannPART VI - GENDERRe-fashioning the Self through Religious Knowledge: How Muslim Women Become Pious in the German Diaspora, Jeanette S. JouiliGender in Transition: The Connectedness of Gender and Ethnicity in Biographies of Female Entrepreneurs of Turkish Background, Verena SchreiberPART VII - ISLAMIC ECONOMIES OR BUSINESS AS USUAL?Transculturality as Practice: Turkish Entrepreneurs in Germany, Robert PützThe Construction of ‘Turks in Germany’ as a Target Group of Marketing, Matthias KulinnaIslamic Financing Transactions in European Courts, Kilian BälzGeneral Index