2003/07/01 by Sabine Kroissenbrunner · 18 citations
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Religion, Theology, and Education #Diaspora, migration, transnational identity #Migration, Refugees, and Integration #Turkish #Islam #Immigration #Muslim community #Institutionalisation #Politics #Political science #Context (archaeology) #Sociology #Gender studies #Law #Geography
paper · doi:10.1080/0261928042000244826
published in Immigrants & Minorities 22(2-3), 188-207 (Taylor & Francis)
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This essay outlines the unique historical and legal aspects of the institutionalization of Islam in Austria and its various organizations. Major attention, however, is given to the concept of socio-political networks in understanding the motives for, and processes of, self-organization of Turkish Muslim migrant communities. Finally, Turkish Muslim leadership (the imams), in Austria is discussed. Based on a pioneer study for Austria, the essay argues that in the context of migrant studies, the religious elites of Muslim immigrants have been largely neglected so far and, hence, deals with their function in the Muslim community and their situation in Austria.