Setting the scene / Jørgen S. Nielsen -- Denmark, Islam and Muslims : socio-economic dynamics and the art of becoming / Jørgen Bæk Simonsen -- Muslims in Denmark : a critical evaluation of estimation / Brian Arly Jacobsen -- Religion and state : recognition of Islam and related legislation / Lisbet Christoffersen -- Mosques and organizations / Lene Kühle -- Nørrebro and "Muslimness" : a neighborhood caught between national mythscapes and local engagement / Garbi Schmidt -- How did "the Muslim pupil" become Muslim? : Danish state schooling and 'the migrant pupils' since the 1970s / Mette Buchardt -- Gender as a tool in Danish debates about Muslims / Rikke Andreassen -- Conversion to Islam in Denmark / Tina Jensen and Kate Østergaard -- Muslims as a Danish security issue / Mona Kanwal Sheikh and Manni Crone -- "To be something" : the role of religion in the formation of protest identity among ethnic minority youth / Lissi Rasmussen -- Counseling in the Health Service / Naveed Baig -- Interreligious relations / Safet Bektovic -- Towards a European understanding of Islam / Abdul Wahid Pedersen.
Summary:
This book describes the history and statistics of immigration and settlement of Muslims in Denmark and the religious institutional responses, both Christian and Muslim.
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