Islamic Organizations in Europe and the USA

1. Multidisciplinary Research on Islamic Organizations: Heterogeneous Organizational Forms, Strategies, and Practices; Kerstin Rosenow-Williams and Matthias Kortmann PART I: DIFFERENT FORMS OF ORGANIZATIONS 2. Islamic Organizations in Poland: From Monopoly to Pluralism; Agata S. Nalborczyk and Monika Ryszewska 3. Civil Liberties or Civil Rights? Muslim American Advocacy Organizations; Erik Love 4. Divided or Conquered: The Challenges of Organizational Life for Muslims in the United Kingdom and Spain; Justin Gest PART II: DIFFERENT RESPONSE STRATEGIES TO ORGANIZATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS 5. The Impact of Public Debates on Muslim Representatives in Western Europe: The Agenda Setting Function of Mass Media; Maarten Koomen and Anja van Heelsum 6. Negotiating the Visibility of Islam in Switzerland: An Ethnographic Perspective on the Conflicts Involved with Building Projects for Mosques; Sarah Beyeler 7. Islamic Organizations in the Baltic States: Commonalities and Differences; Edgunas Ra?ius 8. Not Quite In, Not Quite Out: Islamic Organizations in France and Germany and Their Ties to Their States of Origin; Benjamin Bruce 9. Neither Omnipotent nor a Paper Tiger: The Alevi Community in Germany (AABF) and the Dynamics of Its Multidimensional Area of Activity; Ludger Pries and Tulay Tuncer-Zengingul PART III: DIFFERENT PRACTICES WITHIN THE ORGANIZATIONS 10. Imams in Flanders, Belgium: Toward the First Flemish Imams; Patrick Loobuyck and Petra Meier 11. Religious Practices of DITIB Mosque Community Members: Perspectives from Germany; Theresa Beilschmidt 12. Identities, Islamophobia, and the State: Diverse Perspectives and Experiences of Muslim Civic Actors from Islamic Organizations in the UK; Abida Malik 13. The Gulen Movement in Western Europe and the United States; Ahmet Yukleyen and Ferhan Tunagur CONCLUSION 14. Commonalities and Differences of Islamic Organizations in Europe and the USA; Matthias Kortmann and Kerstin Rosenow-Williams