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“European Muslims and their Foreign Policy Interests: Identities and Loyalties” by Imène Ajala

Congratulations to Dr Imène Ajala! The Co-IRIS team is very proud to announce the first volume of the “Islam and International Relations” series in partnership with Gerlach Press.

European Muslims and their Foreign Policy Interests: Identities and Loyalties

In a global context marked by terrorist threats, Muslim communities in the West have come under increasing scrutiny. Sensitive questions on identity arise with regard to their foreign policy interests and their loyalties.

Topics covered include:
– Relations between European Muslims and international issues
– Political opportunity structures
– Organization and institutionalization of Islam
– Diaspora and transnational dimensions
– The securitization of Islam
– Foreign policy and loyalty

This book investigates the foreign policy interests and political mobilization of Muslims in Europe, specifically in France and Great Britain, contributing to shed light on these difficult questions.

Contents

Introduction

1 Muslims im Europe
– Exploring Islam in Europe
– Islam and Muslims in the West as an Object of Research
– Integration and Identity
– European Muslims and International Issues: Analyzing a Complex Relation
– Assumptions of a ‘Muslim Lobby’ on Foreign Policy
– Theoretical Framework: Domestic Politics and International Relations

2 Islam in France and Great Britain
– French and British Political Opportunity Structures
– Historical Trends and Current Characteristics
– Two Different Philosophies of Integration
– Organization and Institutionalization of Islam in France and Great Britain
– Processes of Institutionalization
– Legitimacy and Efficiency of Institutionalizing Processes

3 French Muslims and Foreign Policy 
– French Muslims and Foreign Policy Issues
– Foreign Policy: a Remote Concern
– Palestine: The Exception?
– UOIF Positions on Foreign Policy Issues
– UOIF, the Palestinian Issue, the Syrian War and Victimhood
– UOIF and the Condemnation of Terrorism

4 British Muslims and Foreign Policy
– Diaspora and Transnational Dimensions of British Muslims’ Foreign Policy Interests
– Foreign Policy: A Major Concern of British Muslims
– An Overview of the MCB’s Expression and Mobilization on Foreign Policy Issues: A Variety of Diaspora and Ummatic Issues
– MCB Positions on Foreign Policy Issues
– The Palestinian Issue: A Constant Mobilization
– The 2003 War in Iraq: A Turning Point
– Perspectives on the Arab Uprisings
– Perspectives on Daesh and the Foreign Terrorist Fighters

5 The Securitization of Islam, Muslim Expression over Foreign Policy
and Loyalty
– Securitization and Foreign Policy Issues in France
– Terrorism and Securitization of French Muslims: A Historical Background
– French Muslims’ Loyalty on Foreign Policy: A Non-issue?
– Securitization and Foreign Policy Issues in Great Britain
– Foreign Policy and Terrorism
– Monitoring British Muslims’ Loyalty or a Problematic Expression over Foreign Policy

Conclusion

To order the book, fill out the form here and email it to orders@gerlach-press.de.

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Co-IRIS at WOCMES Seville 2018

 

The Co-IRIS team will participate at this year’s World Congress for Middle Eastern Studies (WOCMES) in Seville, Spain. We are very proud that one of our founders, Dr. Raffaele Mauriello, is a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee. The Co-IRIS has a symposium composed of 5 panels and 1 meeting-in-conjunction.

SY-11: Co-IRIS: Islam and International Relations

Organized by:
Nassef Manabilang Adiong, University of the Philippines Diliman,
Raffaele Mauriello, Allameh Tabataba’i University, and
Deina Abdelkader, University of Massachusetts Lowell.

Panel 1. Islamic Law and International Law II (1/5)
Wednesday, 18th July 2018
9:00 a.m. – 11:00 p.m.
Room: 203
Chair: Nassef Manabilang Adiong

Miguel Ángel Fernández Fernández, Universidad de Granada: ‘Erdogan: toward the Sunni leadership‘.

Husnul Amin, International Islamic University – Iqbal Int. Inst. for Research and Dialogue: ‘Islamic political parties through the lens of their electoral manifestoes in Pakistan‘.

Nicole Beckmann Tessel, The University of Chicago: ‘Ottomans and afsharid negotiations to the treaty of Kerden (1746)‘

Wardah Alkatiri, Universitas Nahdlatul Ulama Surabaya: ‘Ijtihad for the planet and a postmodern critique of the modern nation-State‘.

MIC-5. Meeting of Co-IRIS: Islam and International Relations
This event is open to public participation.
Wednesday, 18th July 2018
11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Venue: University Board Meeting Room

Panel 2. Islamic Law and International Law I (2/5)
Wednesday, 18th July 2018
2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Room: 209
Chair: Nassef Manabilang Adiong

Nassef Manabilang Adiong, University of the Philippines Diliman: ‘Muslim views on the “International‘.

Tahar Abbou, University of Adrar: ‘War prisoners in Islam and in the International Law: a comparative study’.

Badry Roswitha, Freiburg University: ‘Recognition of the Human Rights of sexual minorities as an ongoing contentious issue – a look at the situation in Arab countries‘.

Radhika Kanchana, Centre de Recherches Internationales (CERI): ‘How do Muslim countries treat their “outsiders”? Islamic practice on naturalisation and the relationship with International Law and norms‘.

Liyakat Takim, McMaster University: ‘Islam and democracy‘.

Panel 3. Diplomacy in Islam: past and present (3/5)
Thursday, 19th July 2018
9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Room: 109
Chair: Raffaele Mauriello

Laila Dandachi, University of Vienna: ‘The significance of Islamic arms and armour in diplomatic encounters between the Habsburg monarchy and the Islamic Empires in the Early Modern Period‘.

Raffaele Mauriello, Allameh Tabatabai University: ‘Looking at diplomacy in Islam from the Islamic Republic of Iran: the perspective from the Iranian academia‘.

Heidarali Masoudi, Shahid Beheshti University: ‘Islamic metaphors in Iranian diplomatic rhetoric‘.

Hsiu-Ping Bao, National Chengchi University: ‘“Revival of Islam” and “Establishment of the Nation”: the public diplomacy of Hui Muslims to the Middle East during the Sino-Japanese war (1937-1945)‘.

Victoria Araj, University of Bradford: ‘Post-Islamism as a response to the double-security dilemma: a case study of the Justice and Development Party (AKP)‘.

Amjad Al-Dajani: ‘Sheikh al-Islam of the British Isles, Sheikh Abdullah Quilliam‘.

Panel 4. Islam and Democracy I (4/5)
Thursday, 19th July 2018
11:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Room: 109
Chair: Deina Abdelkader

Ahmed Ali Salem, Zayed University: ‘Islam and democratization: a theoretical-empirical critique of Huntington’s misunderstandings‘.

Housamedden Darwish, University of Cologne and University of Duisburg-Essen: ‘Islam and democracy in the thought of Sadik J. al-Azm‘.

Mushtaq Ahmad Wani, Ibn Khaldun University: ‘Democracy and Islam in modern Turkey‘.

Deina Abdelkader, University of Massachusetts Lowell: ‘Old wine in new bottles: the Muslim Brothers and the limits of secularism‘.

Panel 5. Islam and Democracy II (5/5)
Thursday, 19th July 2018
2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Room: 114
Chair: Deina Abdelkader

Iraj Esmailpour Ghoochani & Tilman Weinig, Inside Out: ‘Picture-thinking-consciousness as a radical solution for the radical Islam‘.

Rajeesh Kumar, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi: ‘Islamist political movements and democratic discourse‘.

Haldun Karahanli, Ibn Haldun University: ‘The predicament of democracy: the modernicate and the untransmutated Islamicate‘.

Naveed Sheikh, Keele University: ‘Is Islam hostile to democratization? The normative questions revisited‘.

Muhammad Ahmad, Institute of Information Technology-Abbottabad. COMSATS: ‘Religion, democracy and electoral politics in Pakistan (1988-2013)‘.

This is the second time that Co-IRIS participated at WOCMES. The first one was held in Ankara, Turkey.