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The relationship between Turkey and Islam is a hotly debated issue that dominates discussion over the country's bid to join the European Union. The European Union, Turkey and Islam examines here the role of religion in Turkey and the EU and offers arguments on why Turkish Islam will not be an obstacle to Turkey's EU membership. The distinguished contributors analyze Turkish Islam and attempt to determine how significant a factor it is in Turkey's compatibility with the democratic and humanitarian aims of EU member states. Their incisive essays argue that Islamic religious forces will not undermine the autonomy of the secular Turkish state. They also contend that Islam-inspired political parties actually support the secular government. Included in the volume is the thought-provoking study "Searching for the Fault-Line" by E. J. Z?rcher and H. van der Linden that examines Turkey's current religious landscape and ultimately dismisses the notion of an inevitable clash between Turkish Islam and European cultures. A valuable study for political scientists, European scholars, and interested observers, The European Union, Turkey and Islam offers a timely and masterfully argued case for why Islam as practiced in Turkey should not be an impediment to the nation's membership in the European Union.
Table of Contents......Page 5
Summary......Page 7
Preface......Page 15
1.1 Background and motivation......Page 17
1.2 Aims, core question and limitations......Page 19
1.3 Research approach and structure of the report......Page 20
2.2 The values of the Union......Page 27
2.3 Religion in the European member states......Page 31
2.4 Conclusion......Page 40
3.2 The secular state: historical foundations......Page 47
3.3 Secular state and political Islam......Page 51
3.4 State-Islam and freedom of religion......Page 54
3.5 Democracy and political Islam......Page 57
3.6 Constitutional state and political Islam......Page 60
3.7 Violence and political Islam......Page 64
3.8 Conclusion......Page 66
4 Conclusions......Page 69
Epilogue......Page 75
Literature......Page 79
Searching for the Fault-Line. Survey by E.J. ZΓΌrcher and H. van der Linden......Page 85
1 Introduction: Turkey β fault-line, frontline or test case?......Page 89
2 Turkeyβs current Islamic landscape......Page 95
3 Turkish Islam and the eu: A clash of civilisations?......Page 149
4 Conclusion: Turkish Islam and European civilisation......Page 171
Literature......Page 173
Websites......Page 176
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