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Islam, Europe's Second Religion: The New Social, Cultural, and Political Landscape

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The reviewer below is merely cross-posting the exact same review, word-for-word, across multiple books relating to Islam and the West. He or she is not even bothering to remotely address the content of the book. It is obvious that this reviewer never read these books, and is either a troll, or works for a competing publishing corporation. Shameless.

(For example, see the exact same "review" for the book "Muslim Europe or euro-Islam")

This book takes a systematic approach to Islam in Europe, dividing the chapters by nation. The first section goes nation by nation, the authors gives a brief overview of the history of Muslims and Islam in that particular nation. The authors give demographical data - the number of Muslims (and the major subgroups within) for each nation. This is a great introduction to the subject of Muslims in Europe, giving incontestable hard data (census information, political responses, etc.) but does not delve into very great detail in any location. The second (and much more brief) section deals with 'cross-national issues' like Muslim youth etc. For those interested in the subject, a great place to start. A great overview. Want a little information (30-40 pages) about Muslims in Portugal, Spain, or Scandinavia? Look here. For those who want a comprehensive history, this is probably not your book.

Islam, Europe's Second Religion: The New Social, Cultural, and Political Landscape by Shireen T. Hunte is a collection of unconvincing positions concerning unclear issues relating to a very important subject at this time. The work fails to systematically tackle the hard issues of social integration between Islamic society and western concepts of individual rights and democracy. There are many better works, chief among which is Dr. Sami Aldeeb Abu-Sahlieh's work MUSLIMS IN THE WEST (0-9719496-0-3 published by Shangri-La Publications), which is a monumental exploration of the social, legal, religious and political issues.