European Islam

Islam in Europe by percentage of country population European Islam ( French : islam européen ) or Euro-Islam is a hypothesized new branch of Islam , which some believe is or should be emerging in Europe . This new kind of Islam would combine the duties and principles of Islam with the contemporary European cultures , including Europe's post- Enlightenment values and traditions such as human rights , rule of law , democracy and gender equality . There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).

European Islam or Euro-Islam is a hypothesized new branch of Islam , which some believe is or should be emerging in Europe . This new kind of Islam would combine the duties and principles of Islam with the contemporary European cultures , including Europe's post- Enlightenment values and traditions such as human rights , rule of law , democracy and gender equality .

Catholic church, Orthodox church and a mosque in the same square in Bosanska Krupa, Bosnia and Herzegovina. European Islam or Modern Islam is a hypothesized new branch of Islam , (reformed Islam) in Southeastern Europe , Bosnia and Herzegovina and Albania . The term euro Islam was introduced at a conference in Birmingham in the UK in 1988. Leader and initiator of the conference was Carl E. Olivestam, senior lecturer at Umeå University , also Director at the Board of Universities and Colleges in Sweden. Islam in England, Germany and France, examples of European countries with large Islamic populations, could be named Euroislam. The term was first published in the Swedish handbook: Kyrkor och alternativa rörelser. (Churches and alternative Movements). There are two European Muslims who dominate the debate on Euro-Islam: Bassam Tibi , and Tariq Ramadan , who adopted the term in 1999 but are using it in a different meaning.

Hypothesized new branch of Islam Not to be confused with Islam in Europe . A Roman Catholic church, Eastern Orthodox church, and Muslim mosque are located in the same square in Bosanska Krupa , Bosnia and Herzegovina. European Islam is a hypothesized new branch of Islam that historically originated and developed among the European peoples of the Balkans ( Albania , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Kosovo , and Turkey ) and parts of countries in Eastern Europe with sizable Muslim minorities ( Bulgaria , Montenegro , North Macedonia , and some republics of Russia ) which constitute of large populations of European Muslims, alongside Muslim populations of Albanians , Bosniaks , Greeks , Cretan Turks , Vallahades , Turkish Cypriots , Romani , Balkan Turks , Torbesh , Gorani , Pomaks , Yörüks , Volga Tatars , Crimean Tatars , and Megleno-Romanians from Notia today living in Turkey , although the majority are secular . The terms "European Islam" and "Euro-Islam" were originally introduced at a conference presided by Carl E. Olivestam, senior lecturer at Umeå University , in Birmingham in 1988, and subsequently published in the Swedish handbook: Kyrkor och alternativa rörelser ("Churches and Alternative Movements"). "European Islam" defines the ongoing debate on the social integration of Muslim populations in Western European countries such as France , Germany , the United Kingdom , and the Netherlands . There are three Islamic scholars who participate in the debate on "Euro-Islam": Enes Karić , Bassam Tibi , and Tariq Ramadan , who adopted the term in the second half of the 1990s but use it with different meanings. The foremost Western, Non-Muslim scholars of political science and/or Islamic studies involved in the debate on "Euro-Islam" are Jocelyne Cesari, Jørgen S. Nielsen , and Olivier Roy . In AlSayyad, Nezar; Castells, Manuel (eds.). In Malik, Jamal; Zarrabi-Zadeh, Saeed (eds.). Security and Human Rights . 23 (4). The Oxford Handbook of European Islam . "Les musulmans des Balkans Ou l'islam de "l'autre Europe"/The Balkans Muslims Or the Islam of the "Other Europe" " . Religions, pouvoir et société: Europe centrale, Balkans, CEI . Le Courrier de Pays de l'Est (in French). 5 (1045). Les musulmans de l'Europe du Sud-Est: Des Empires aux États balkaniques . "The Islamization of the Meglen Vlachs (Megleno-Romanians): The Village of Nânti (Nótia) and the "Nântinets" in Present-Day Turkey". In Cesari, Jocelyne (ed.). Routledge Studies in Liberty and Security (1st ed.). In Juergensmeyer, Mark (ed.). The Oxford Handbook of Global Religions . Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs . 22 (2). In Bistolfi, Robert; Zabbal, François (eds.). Key Concepts in Race and Ethnicity (3rd ed.).