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Author Scharbrodt, Oliver, 1976- author.

Title Muslims in Ireland : past and present / Oliver Scharbrodt, Tuula Sakaranaho, Adil Hussain Khan, Yafa Shanneik and Vivian Ibrahim
Published Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2015]
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Description 1 online resource (vi, 266 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Introduction / Oliver Scharbrodt -- 1. Sailors, merchants, migrants : from the sack of Baltimore to World War II / Vivian Ibrahim -- 2. Muslim immigration to Ireland after World War II / Oliver Scharbrodt -- 3. Early Muslim organisations and mosques in Ireland / Adil Hussain Khan -- 4. Political Islam in Ireland and the role of Muslim Brotherhood networks / Adil Hussain Khan -- 5. Mosque communities and Muslim organisations in Dublin and other cities / Adil Hussain Khan, Oliver Scahrbrodt and Tuula Sakaranaho -- 6. Religious freedom and Muslims in Ireland / Tuula Sakaranaho -- 7. Education and Muslim national schools in Ireland / Tuula Sakaranaho -- 8. Muslim women in Ireland / Yafa Shanneik -- Conclusion : being Irish, being Muslim / Oliver Scharbrodt
Summary Since 9/11, the interest in Muslims in Europe has increased significantly. There has been much public debate and academic research focused on Muslims living in larger Western European countries like Britain, France or Germany, but little is known of Muslims in Ireland. This book fills this gap, providing a complete study of this unexplored Muslim presence, from the arrival of the first Muslim resident in Cork, in the southwest of Ireland, in 1784 until mass immigration to the Republic of Ireland during the 'Celtic Tiger' period from the mid-1990s onwards. Muslim immigration and settlement in Ireland is very recent, and poses new challenges to a society that has perceived itself as religiously and culturally homogeneous. Ireland is also one of the least secular societies in Europe, providing a different context for Muslims seeking recognition by state and society. This book is essential for anyone who wants to understand the diversity of Muslim presences across Europe
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-254) and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Muslims -- Ireland
Muslims -- Ireland -- History
Muslims -- Non-Islamic countries.
RELIGION -- Islam -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Muslims
Regions & Countries - Europe.
History & Archaeology.
Ireland.
SUBJECT Ireland -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85067989
Subject Ireland
Non-Islamic countries
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Sakaranaho, Tuula, author.
Khan, Adil Hussain, author
Shanneik, Yafa, author.
Ibrahim, Vivian, author.
LC no. 2015413462
ISBN 9780748696895
074869689X
9781474403474
1474403476
1474412238
9781474412230