Title Islam and nationalism in modern Greece, 1821-1940 / Stefanos Katsikas

Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021] ©2021

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations, maps Series Religion and global politics Religion and global politics. Contents 1. Islam in Southeastern Europe -- 2. The Greek War of Independence (1821-​1832) -- 3. Greek Nationalism and Islam -- 4. Muslims in the Kingdom of Hellas (1832-​1880) -- 5. The Annexation of Thessaly -- 6. Muslims in the New Lands (1912-​1923) -- 7. The Interwar Years (1923-​1940) -- Conclusion -- References -- Index Summary "Drawing from a wide range of primary archival and secondary Greek, Bulgarian, and Turkish sources, the book explores the way the Muslim populations of Greece were ruled by state authorities from Greece's political emancipation from the Ottoman Empire in the 1820s up to the country's entrance into World War II, in October 1940. In particular, the book examines how state rule influenced the development of the Muslim populations' collective identity as a minority and how it affected Muslim relations with the Greek authorities, Greek Orthodox Christians, and other ethnic and religious groups. Greece was the first country to become an independent state in the Balkans and a pioneer in experimenting with minority issues. With regards to its Muslim populations, Greece's ruling framework, and many of the country's state administrative measures and patterns were to serve as a template at a later stage in other Christian Orthodox Balkan states with Muslim minorities (e.g., Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Cyprus): Muslim religious officials were empowered with authorities they did not have in Ottoman times, and aspects of Islamic law (sharia) were incorporated into the state legal system to be used for Muslim family and property affairs. The book shows that these and any policies can be ambivalent and cannot be a guide to present-day solutions. It also argues that religion remained a defining element and that religious nationalism and public institutions played an important role in the development of religious and ethnic identity"--Publisher's description Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (Oxford Scholarship Online, viewed on May 12, 2022) Subject Muslims -- Greece -- History Nationalism -- Greece -- History Islam and state -- Greece -- History Nationalism -- Religious aspects -- Islam -- History Muslims -- Greece -- History -- 19th century Nationalism -- Greece -- History -- 19th century Politics and government Islam and state Muslims Nationalism Nationalism -- Religious aspects -- Islam SUBJECT Greece -- Politics and government -- 1821- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85057117 Subject Greece Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780190652012 0190652012 9780190652029 0190652020

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