{"product_id":"9781783609567","title":"The Daily Lives of Muslims: Islam and Public Confrontation in Contemporary Europe","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor many in the West, Islam has become a byword for terrorism. From 9\/11 to the Paris attacks, our headlines are dominated by images of violence and extremism. Now, as the Western world struggles to cope with the refugee crisis, there is a growing obsession with the issue of Muslim integration. Those Muslims who fail to assimilate are branded the ‘enemy within’, with their communities said to provide a fertile breeding ground for jihadists. Such narratives, though, fail to take into account the actual lives of most Muslims living in the West, fixating instead on a minority of violent extremists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Lives of Muslims\u003c\/i\u003e, Nilüfer Göle provides an urgently needed corrective to this distorted image of Islam. Engaging with Muslim communities in twenty-one cities across Europe where controversies over integration have arisen – from the banning of the veil in France to debates surrounding sharia law in the UK – the book brings the voices of this neglected majority into the debate. In doing so, Göle uncovers a sincere desire among many Muslims to participate in the public sphere, a desire which is too often stifled by Western insecurity and attempts to suppress the outward signs of religious difference.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47135663292656,"sku":"9781783609567","price":103.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781783609567_p0.jpg?v=1763726344","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781783609567","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}