Islam and muslims in the Republic of Ireland : An introduction to the special issue
Scharbrodt, Oliver LU
and Sakaranaho, Tuula
(2011)
In Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs
31(4).
p.469-485
- Abstract
This article serves as an introduction to the special issue on Islam in the Republic of Ireland. The introduction gives a brief overview of previous studies on Islam and Muslims in Ireland and shows their links with the studies published in this issue. Second, it presents in a concise manner the historical development of Islam in Ireland with respect to the increasing numbers of Muslims. As Ireland became a new destination for immigrants during the years of the economic boom, nicknamed the "Celtic Tiger Years", immigrants and refugees arrived in a manner that would not have been anticipated some decades ago. The article also examines the subsequent process of the institutionalization of Islam in the country. Third, issues concerning the... (More)
This article serves as an introduction to the special issue on Islam in the Republic of Ireland. The introduction gives a brief overview of previous studies on Islam and Muslims in Ireland and shows their links with the studies published in this issue. Second, it presents in a concise manner the historical development of Islam in Ireland with respect to the increasing numbers of Muslims. As Ireland became a new destination for immigrants during the years of the economic boom, nicknamed the "Celtic Tiger Years", immigrants and refugees arrived in a manner that would not have been anticipated some decades ago. The article also examines the subsequent process of the institutionalization of Islam in the country. Third, issues concerning the accommodation of Muslims in the Irish educational system, which in similar fashion to other European countries are also debated in Ireland, are discussed in order to investigate questions around the integration and accommodation of Muslims and the place of Islam in "religious" Ireland in general. The article concludes with suggestions for areas of future research on Islam and Muslims in Ireland.
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- author
- Scharbrodt, Oliver
LU
and Sakaranaho, Tuula
- publishing date
- 2011-12
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- in
- Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs
- volume
- 31
- issue
- 4
- pages
- 17 pages
- publisher
- Routledge
- external identifiers
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- scopus:84859135815
- ISSN
- 1360-2004
- DOI
- 10.1080/13602004.2011.630857
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- no
- additional info
- Funding Information: Given the dearth of academic scholarship on Muslims in Ireland, the need for more research is evident. The guest editors of this special issue have both been involved in major research projects on the Islamic presence in Ireland. Tuula Sakaranaho leads a comparative research project on the governance of transnational Islam in Finland, Ireland, and Canada at the University of Helsinki, funded by the Academy of Finland. At University College Cork, a research project on the history and current place of Islam in Ireland, funded by the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences (IRCHSS), and the Department of An Taoiseach and led by Oliver Scharbrodt is coming to an end in 2011. In addition, a number of postgraduate research projects are currently underway at various universities in Ireland and abroad investigating questions of integration and church–state relations from sociological, political science, and legal perspectives.
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