This article provides an introduction to the special issue on Mapping Shia Muslim Communities in Europe. With six empirically rich case studies on Shia Muslim communities in various European countries, this issue intends: first, to illustrate the historical developments and emergence of the Shia presence in Europe; second, to highlight the local particularities of the various Shia communities within each nation state and demonstrate their transnational links; and third, to provide for the first time an empirical comparative study on the increasingly visible presence of Shia communities in Europe that fills an important gap in research on Muslims in Europe. This article provides an introduction to the special issue on Mapping Shia Muslim Communities in Europe.1 With six empirically rich case studies on Shia Muslim communities in various European countries, this issue intends: first, to illustrate the historical developments and emergence of the Shia presence in Europe; second, to highlight the local particularities of the various Shia communities within each nation state and demonstrate their transnational links; and third, to provide for the first time an empirical comparative study on the increasingly visible presence of Shia communities in Europe that fills an important gap in research on Muslims in Europe.
مجموعه
تاريخ نشر
2017
توصيف ظاهري
145-157
عنوان
Journal of Muslims in Europe
شماره جلد
6/2
شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها
2211-7954
اصطلاحهای موضوعی کنترل نشده
اصطلاح موضوعی
diaspora
اصطلاح موضوعی
Middle East and Islamic Studies
اصطلاح موضوعی
muslims in Europe
اصطلاح موضوعی
Shia Islam
اصطلاح موضوعی
Sociology & Anthropology
اصطلاح موضوعی
transnationalism
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