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The Imperative to Discuss European Islam: A Response to Grinell and Črnič

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2021

Jerry White
Jerry White*
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Department of English, University of Saskatchewan, Arts Building, 9 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SaskatchewanS7N 5A7, Canada. Email: J.White@USask.Ca
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Abstract

Prompted by two recent articles in European Review about the place of Islam in Europe, this article argues for the importance of considering the variants of Islam in Europe that are autochthonous as opposed to connected with migration or immigration. The article discusses the specifics of the Crimean Tatars, Bosnia, Kosovo and Albania, and the Muslims of Georgia by way of illustrating how the issues around European Islam are far from being a marginal curiosity and, in fact, point to key issues in continental culture and politics in the twenty-first century.

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European Review , Volume 30 , Issue 4 , August 2022 , pp. 572 - 587
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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Academia Europaea

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