Christian Joppke is Executive Director/Chair in General Sociology at the University of Bern. John Torpey is Professor of Sociology at the Graduate Center, City University of New York.
This short but engaging and provocative work provides an overview
of the legal interaction of Islam with the liberal state in France,
Germany, Canada, and the U.S.… According Joppke and Torpey,
compared to their European counterparts, Muslims in the U.S. are
more educated and wealthier and, hence, less challenging to the
larger non-Muslim communities. This book’s strength is its analysis
of the two European cases, where the focus is on law and the legal
integration of Islam into the existing constitutional
structure.
*Choice*
This is a valuable contribution to the comparative analysis of
Islam in western liberal societies. It is written in a lively and
engaging manner, which is no small feat for a work that deals with
complex legal issues. The book's treatment of these issues never
comes at the expense of its engagement with matters of broad public
concern.
*Rogers Brubaker, University of California, Los Angeles*
A sober, nuanced, and rigorously researched study of how four
countries approach Islam in politics and, in particular, law. It
recognizes that Muslim immigrants create particular challenges, but
is in no way hysterical or pessimistic about these states' capacity
to address them. It is a provocative book that will attract a wide
readership and generate much debate.
*Randall Hansen, University of Toronto*
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