The academic publisher Brill is making issue 3-1 of the Journal of Muslims in Europe freely available on line. There is no end date to the free access and no access code is needed. For those who are not yet familiar with the Journal this issue gives a good representation of the journal’s geographical and topical breadth, and it includes a good selection of book reviews.

Journal of Muslims in Europe, Volume 3, Issue 1, 2014

Europe with or without Muslims —Narratives of Exclusion and Inclusion

Executive Editor: Thijl Sunier, VU University, Amsterdam

Editors: Samim Akgönül, Ahmet Alibašić, Stella Coglievina, Martijn de Koning, Brigitte Maréchal, Jørgen S. Nielsen, Egdūnas Račius, Jörn Thielmann

The Journal of Muslims in Europe is devoted to publishing articles dealing with contemporary issues on Islam and Muslims in Europe from all disciplines and across the whole region, as well as historical studies of relevance to the present. The focus is on articles offering cross-country comparisons or with significant theoretical or methodological relevance to the field. Case studies with innovative approaches or on under-explored issues, and studies of policy and policy development in the various European institutions, including the European courts, and transnational movements and social and cultural processes are also welcome. The journal also welcomes book reviews.

Table of Contents

• Research Articles:

1. “A Laboratory of Modernity—The Ahmadiyya Mission in Inter-war Europe” by Gerdien Jonker

2. “Religious Retreats and Transcultural Challenges: Recreating Senegalese Tijani Islam in Metropolitan France” by Gina Gertrud Smith

3. “Women affiliated with Muslims Against Crusaders and Women4Shariah” by Mohammed Ilyas

4. “The Consolidation of the Islamic Community in Modern Croatia: A Unique Path to the Acceptance of Islam in a Traditionally Catholic European Country” by Dino Mujadžević

5. “Muslim Charity in a Non-Muslim Society—the Case of Switzerland” by Silvia Martens

• Book Reviews:

1. “Robert Leiken, Europe’s Angry Muslims: The Revolt of the Second Generation”, Reviewed by Martijn de Koning

2. “Julian Petley and Robin Richardson, Pointing the Finger: Islam and Muslims in the British Media”, Reviewed by Konrad Pędziwiatr

3. “Ernst Fürlinger, Moscheebaukonflikte in Österreich. Nationale Politik des religiösen Raums im globalen Zeitalter”, Reviewed by Gerdien Jonker

4. “Naomi Davidson, Only Muslim: Embodying Islam in the Twentieth Century France”, Reviewed by Riva Kastoryano

5. “George Morgan and Scott Poynting, Global Islamophobia: Muslims and Moral Panic in the West”, Reviewed by Riem Spielhaus

6. “Christopher Flood, Stephen Hutchings, Galina Miazhevich and Henri Nickels, Political and Cultural Representations of Muslims: Islam in the Plural”, Reviewed by Egdūnas Račius

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