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Counting Muslims: Censuses, Categories, Policies and the Construction of Islam in Europe
in Yearbook of Muslims in Europe Online
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Kerem Öktem
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- 1 IntroductionI would like to thank Samim Akgönül and Jørgen Nielsen, with whom I began the discussion of Muslim demographies and related topics during a conference I co-convened with my colleague Hansjörg Schmid at the Catholic Academy of Stuttgart-Rottenburg in November 2013. Riem Spielhaus, Armina Omerika, and Naika Foroutan all contributed to this discussion and suggested that the “category of Muslims” in Europe is being constructed “as we speak.” This hypothesis gave me the inspiration to think about the issue of “counting Muslims” in the context of the construction of the identity category “Islam” and “Muslim” in Europe. The speeches of said conference are available for download at www.die-internet-akademie.de/br-downloads.html?no_cache=1&tx_crieventmodule_pi1[showUid]=18298, accessed 26 May 2014.
- 2 Modernity, Control and Identity Construction: Censuses and Surveys Administered by State Agencies
- 3 The Fear of Eurabia: Islamophobic Actors and the “Fear of Small Numbers”
- 4 Muslim Activists and Institutions: Basing Claims on Numbers, Defending the Umma
- 5 Pollsters from Outside: The Pew Research Centre
- 6 Conclusion
Counting Muslims: Censuses, Categories, Policies and the Construction of Islam in Europe
in Yearbook of Muslims in Europe Online
Author:
Kerem Öktem
Kerem Öktem
Search for other papers by Kerem Öktem in
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Google Scholar
Search for other papers by Kerem Öktem in
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(6,336 words)