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Conversations with History: Jocelyne Cesari on "Islam in the West"
UC Berkeley - Dec. 4, 2008
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Following the terrorist attacks on London and Madrid, radical Islam is presumed to be an increasingly potent force in Europe. Yet beneath the media hysteria, very little is actually known about it. What radical movements are there? How do they operate? What is driving them? Who are their recruits? What is their relationship, if any, to Al Qaeda? Alison Pargeter has spent three years interviewing radical Islamists throughout Europe to find answers to these questions [...]
The New Frontiers of Jihad: Radical Islam in Europe
By Alison Pargeter
European Conceptions of Islam vis-a-vis Turkey's Candidacy within the E.U.
Interview with Riva Kastoryano
Kastoryano claims that debates in Europe about secularism are expressly positioned in relation to Islam, and that European Muslims need to position Islam as part of their national identities to gain political legitimacy. As for the inclusion of Turkey as an EU member, she points to the complexity of its membership, to Turkey’s position on the question, and to how while Islam is certainly not the sole issue, it has pushed other member countries to consider their own religious demographies and identities. Kastoryano concludes with pointed comments on how Islam has been perceived as a “civilizational” question with the European Union [...]