Rediscovering the Umma Muslims in the Balkans between nationalism and transnationalism
Title:
Rediscovering the Umma Muslims in the Balkans between nationalism and transnationalism
Author:
Merdjanova, Ina, 1964-
ISBN:
9780199964048
9780199333226
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Publication Information:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2013.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xvi, 198 p.) : map.
Contents:
Islam and national identities in the Balkans -- Muslim transnationalism and the reclaiming of "Balkan Islam" -- Islam and women in the Balkans -- Balkan Muslims and the discourse on a "European Islam".
Abstract:
This book discusses the role of Islam in the political and social developments in the Balkans after the fall of communism. It explores comparatively the transformations of Muslim identities under the influence of various national and transnational, domestic and global factors.
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