Nilüfer Göle is a leading Turkish sociologist focusing on the political movement of educated, urbanized, and religious Muslim women. Through personal interviews, she develops detailed case studies of young Turkish women adopting the tenets of Islamic gender codes. Her sociological approach offers a broader critique of Eurocentrism concerning emerging Islamic identities and explores the complexities of multicultural living. Göle's work delves into the specific topic of veiling and the interpenetration of Islam and Europe.
Preface Introduction: European-Muslims - From Collage to Interweaving 1. Europe: No Entry for Islam? 2. Ordinary Muslims 3. Controversies Surrounding Muslim Prayer 4. Mute Minarets, Transparent Mosques 5. Art, Sacredness and Violence 6. Veiling and Active Minorities 7. What about Sharia? 8. Halal Lifestyles 9. Jewish Cursor Conclusion: European Muslims Taking to the Stage Notes
In Islam and Secularity Nilufer Goele examines the transforming relationship between Islam and Western secular modernity and the impact of the Muslim presence in Europe. She demonstrates that Islam and secularism are mutually constitutive, constantly changing, and that the presence of Islam unsettles dominant narratives of Western modernism.
A prominent Turkish sociologist examines the veiling of young university women, and the cultural cleavages between the Islamic and Western worlds