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Al-Andalus Rediscovered - Iberia's New Muslims (Paperback)
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Al-Andalus Rediscovered - Iberia's New Muslims (Paperback)
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Loot Price R593
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Iberia is a special place of colliding myths over its Islamic past
and the Christian reconquista, the Inquisition and massive
expulsion of Muslims and Jews some five centuries ago. Long a land
of emigrants and explorers, it has now become home to Europe's
latest, rapidly growing Muslim communities. Al Andalus Rediscovered
focuses on Iberia's new Muslims, including boatpeople, students,
women and clerics, and how they are faring in a largely Roman
Catholic region. Also featured are the Spanish and Portuguese
officials, academics, NGOs and ordinary citizens who are trying to
find better ways to integrate Muslims and other immigrants, despite
domestic and European pressures for tougher counter-measures. Nor
does Howe neglect the events of March 11, 2004, when Madrid was the
site of the most devastating terrorist attack by Muslim extremists
in Europe, or the stated ambition of Al Qaeda to recover Al Andalus
for Islam. Her book seeks to answer the basic questions: whether an
Iberian model of a humane immigration policy is possible in
'fortress' Europe and whether the partisans of the Andalusian
spirit of tolerance and diversity can prevail at this time of
economic hardship and heightened radicalism in both the Islamic
World and the West.
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