The Revival of Islam in the Balkans From Identity to Religiosity

This book shifts analytical focus from macro-politicization and securitization of Islam to Muslims' choices, practices and public expressions of faith. An empirically rich analysis, the book provides rich cross-country evidence on the emergence of autonomous faith communities as well as the evolution of Islam in the broader European context.

Acknowledgments
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: Nation, State and Faith in the Post-Communist Era; Arolda Elbasani
PART I: THE PREVAILING PUBLIC DISCOURSE ON ISLAM
1. Islam and Orientalism in Contemporary Albania; Enis Sulstarova
2. Anti-Islamic Public Discourse in Contemporary Greece: The Reproduction of Religious Panic; Alexandros Sakellariou
3. Faith and Politics in Kosovo: The Status of Religious Communities in a Secular Country; Jeton Mehmeti
PART II: MUSLIMS ' ' PURSUIT OF FAITH AND RELIGIOSITY
4. The Loudspeaker of Faith in the ' 'Calm ' ' City: Islam and Urban Diversity in the Contemporary Balkans; Jelena Toši?
5. Muslim Women ' 's Dress Practices in Bosnia-Herzegovina: Localising Islam through Everyday Lived Practice; Andreja Mesari?
6. The Multiple Voices of Bulgaria ' 's Unofficial Islamic Leaders; Laura J. Olson
7. Love and Boundaries: Inter-Faith and Inter-Ethnic Relationships Among Macedonian-Speaking Muslims; Anna Zadro?na
8.' 'Holiness ' ' Constructed: Anonymous Saints in the Popular Traditions of Muslim Roma Communities in the Balkans; Ksenia Trofimova
PART III: RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, PUBLIC ARGUMENTS AND LEGITIMACY
9. Rhetorical Strategies of Kosovo ' 's Imams in the Fight for ' 'Women ' 's Rights ' '; Behar Sadriu
10. Public Expressions of Bosnian Muslim Religiosity and Lived Faith: The Cases of Friday Prayer and the Hijab; Julianne Funk
11. Faith, Fatherland, or Both? Accommodationist and Neo-Fundamentalist Islamic Discourses in Albania; Cecilie Endresen
Conclusions; Olivier Roy
Index

Arolda Elbasani, Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies, Florence, Italy Cecilie Endresen, University of Oslo, Norway Julianne Funk, University of Zurich and Research Consultant for the Ecumenical Women's Initiative in Croatia Jeton Mehmeti, University of Prishtina and Senior Researcher at GAP Institute, Kosovo Andreja Mesari?, independent researcher based in London Laura J. Olson, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA Olivier Roy, Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies, Florence, Italy Behar Sadriu, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK Alexandros Sakellariou, Panteion University, Athens, Greece Enis Sulstarova, University of Tirana, Albania Jelena To i?, University of Vienna, Austria Ksenia Trofimova, Russian Academy of Sciences Anna Zadro?na, Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey