THE ROLE OF ISLAM IN WESTERN EUROPE AND THE
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THE ROLE OF ISLAM IN WESTERN EUROPE AND THE BALKANS
THE ROLE OF ISLAM IN WESTERN EUROPE AND THE BALKANS

Author(s): Ana Simina Sava
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Research and Science Today
Keywords: ISLAM; BALKANS; EUROPE; IMMIGRANTS; SHARIA

Summary/Abstract: THE AIM OF THIS PAPER IS TO ASSESS THE FREEDOM OF RELIGION BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS ANDCERTAIN COMMUNITIES OF PEOPLE IN EUROPE. ALSO, IT ANALYSES THE PATTERNS ANDHISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES OF STATE-RELIGION RELATIONSHIPS IN THE EU COUNTRIES,FOCUSING ON THE MUSLIM COMMUNITIES NOT ONLY IN THE WESTERN EUROPE, BUT ALSO INTHE BALKANS. NOWADAYS, EUROPE FACES AN AMPLE AND COMPLEX PROCESS OFCONSTRUCTION, WHICH IS GUIDED AND SUPPORTED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION. INITIATED ONECONOMIC GROUNDS, IT HAS MANAGED TO SOLIDIFY ITSELF AND PRODUCE ANINTERCONNECTION OF A VERY EFFICIENT LEVEL, ESPECIALLY IN THE ECONOMIC, POLITICALAND EVEN MILITARY FIELDS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME WITHIN THE CULTURAL FIELD, MANY OFTHE EFFORTS OF THE EU AUTHORITIES MOVING TOWARDS THIS AREA. IN TERMS OF THEINFLUENCE OF THE ETHNO-RELIGIOUS FACTOR, IT IS WIDELY BELIEVED THAT EUROPE ISCURRENTLY FACING TWO MAJOR CHALLENGES: FIRST OF ALL, THE PERSISTENCE OF VARIOUSETHNIC OR RELIGIOUS CRISES AND CONFLICTS, AND THE SECOND, THE PROBLEM OF ISLAM. THETYPES OF RELATIONSHIPS DEVELOPED BETWEEN THE CHURCH AND THE STATE AND ALSO THEPROBLEMS RAISED BY THE ISLAMIC COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE MODERN EUROPE, ARE ONLY AFEW OF THE SUBJECTS THAT ARE BEING ANALYZED.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 129-137
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: English