Being German, Becoming Muslim: Race, Religion, and Conversion in the New Europe

Synopsis

Every Year More And More Europeans, Including Germans, Are Embracing Islam. It Is Estimated That There Are Now Up To One Hundred Thousand German Converts{u2014}a Number Similar To That In France And The United Kingdom. What Stands Out About Recent Conversions Is That They Take Place At A Time When Islam Is Increasingly Seen As Contrary To European Values. Being German, Becoming Muslim Explores How Germans Come To Islam Within This Antagonistic Climate, How They Manage To Balance Their Love For Islam With Their Society{u2019}s Fear Of It, How They Relate To Immigrant Muslims, And How They Shape Debates About Race, Religion, And Belonging In Today{u2019}s Europe. Germanizing Islam And Racializing Muslims -- Giving Islam A German Face -- Establishing Distance From Immigrant Muslims -- Double Fall: East German Conversion After The Berlin Wall -- Being Muslim As A Way Of Becoming German -- Salafism As The Future Of European Islam? Esra Ozyurek. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.