Al-Andalus Rediscovered: Iberia's New Muslims - Brossura

Howe, Marvine

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ISBN 10: 184904161X ISBN 13: 9781849041614

Casa editrice: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd, 2012

Riassunto

Iberia is a special place of colliding myths over its Islamic past and the Christian reconquista, the Inquisition and massive expulsion of Muslims and Jews some five centuries ago. Long a land of emigrants and explorers, it has now become home to Europe's latest, rapidly growing Muslim communities. Al Andalus Rediscovered focuses on Iberia's new Muslims, including boatpeople, students, women and clerics, and how they are faring in a largely Roman Catholic region. Also featured are the Spanish and Portuguese officials, academics, NGOs and ordinary citizens who are trying to find better ways to integrate Muslims and other immigrants, despite domestic and European pressures for tougher counter-measures. Nor does Howe neglect the events of March 11, 2004, when Madrid was the site of the most devastating terrorist attack by Muslim extremists in Europe, or the stated ambition of Al Qaeda to recover Al Andalus for Islam. Her book seeks to answer the basic questions: whether an Iberian model of a humane immigration policy is possible in 'fortress' Europe and whether the partisans of the Andalusian spirit of tolerance and diversity can prevail at this time of economic hardship and heightened radicalism in both the Islamic World and the West.

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Recensione:

'Howe draws upon a number of periodical and organizational sources as well as myriad personal interviews with Muslim leaders and community members in both Spain and Portugal to chronicle their recent immigration and mostly successful attempt to integrate themselves. . . Authoritative and evenhanded.' --Choice

'... a thorough and accessible primer on Islam and migration that will be of interest to a broad non-academic readership and of use to students and scholars new to topics such as Islam, migration, or Mediterranean Europe.' --H-Net Reviews in Humanities and Social Sciences

'Unlike most European countries, Spain and Portugal are enriched by architectural wonders built many centuries ago by an advanced Islamic civilisation, and an influx of Muslim immigrants has prompted a revival of interest, sometimes conflicted, in that distant past. Marvine Howe, a writer rooted in both Iberian and North African cultures, explores the connections, looking at Muslim integration and Islam's place in Europe from an entirely new perspective in this very timely book.' --Barbara Crossette, former New York Times foreign correspondent and author of So Close to Heaven: The Vanishing Buddhist Kingdoms of the Himalaya

L'autore:

Marvine Howe is a former correspondent for The New York Times in Africa, Latin America, Europe and the Middle East. Her latest books are Turkey: A Nation Divided over Islam's Revival and Morocco: The Islamist Awakening and Other Challenges (OUP).

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• Editore: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 184904161X
• ISBN 13: 9781849041614
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 240