Bulletin n. 2/2016
December 2016
INDICE
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
  • Khader Bishara
    Muslims in Europe or European Muslims? The construction of a ‘problem’
    in Rivista di Studi Politici Internazionali , Volume 83, n. 2, aprile-giugno ,  2016 ,  169-188
    The article examines the various stages of migration flows, from temporary labour migration to permanent settlements and shows the gradual construction of the Muslim problem in Europe and the emergence of far-right anti-Muslim parties. It tackles the issue of radicalisation of some young European Muslims and discusses the de-radicalisation policies adopted by European States. The message which the article tries to convey is simple: 25 million Muslims are settling in Europe, and their number will increase in the years to come. Those young Muslims who engage in radicalisation and terrorism constitute a very tiny minority which suffers from an identity rupture and is in search of a ‘mission’. Given this reality, European States should do their utmost to avoid stigmatisation of all Muslims, to clearly define the root causes of radicalisation in order to devise the adequate strategies of de-radicalisation, and to further the socio-economic integration of Muslims populations in Europe. In their vast majority, Muslims in Europe are attached to their new home countries. They do not see themselves as ‘Muslims in Europe’ but as ‘European Muslims’. Although, often, they consider that they are not perceived and treated as full-fledged citizens.
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