Öffentliche Konflikte um die Inkorporation muslimischer Minderheiten in Westeuropa - analytische und komparative Perspektiven

Abstract

This article develops some analytical & comparative perspectives on the public conflicts over the incorporation of Muslim minorities in Western Europe. Drawing on research results from a macrocomparative study on the incorporation of Muslims in GB, France, & Germany, it is argued that the transformation of the classical modern nation-state, epitomized by the decoupling of political organization & collective identity, is changing institutionalized conflict patterns over religion. On the one hand, the incorporation of Muslim migrants & the accompanying public conflicts are still shaped by the historically determined institutional logic of religious diversity. On the other hand, the inclusion of religion as a category of identity in the public sphere attests to far-reaching institutional changes. As European states face claims for a public recognition of their citizens' particularistic religious identities, which are legitimized in terms of a universalistic human rights discourse, they are increasingly developing new institutional arrangements of religious diversity, recoupling political organization & collective identities. 35 References. Adapted from the source document.