Handbook of Political Islam in Europe

Prof. Dr Thomas Jäger heads the Chair of International Politics and Foreign Policy at the University of Cologne. He is a member of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts, and Editor of the Zeitschrift für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik. Colonel (ret.) Ralph Thiele is Director at the European Institute for Counter Terrorism and Conflict Prevention (Germany), Chairman of the Berlin based Politisch-Militärische Gesellschaft (Political-Military Society), President of EuroDefense (Germany) and CEO of StratByrd Consulting.

• Part I: Framework.- Introduction.- Islamism and the Political Order.- A Critical Assessment of Political Islam and Political Islamism.- Political Islamism – A Vital Hybrid Threat/Challenge.- Proponents of Political Islam in the European Union Institutions.- Salafism in Germany: Democracy, and Resilience.- Islam – A Liberal, Intellectually Challenging Partner for Europe?.- The Ideal of an Islamic Society.- Secular Turn in the Middle East: Findings from Values Survey.- Conclusion: A European Response?.- Part II: Actors.- Diyanet in Europe.- How Qatar Became an Actor in the Spread of Political Islam in Europe.- Saudi Arabia and Europe: Demystifying the Threat.- Revolutionaries at Home, Revolutionaries Abroad: Iran and its Networks in Europe.- Political Islam in Exile: Transformation of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood After the Military Coup of 2013.- The Muslim Brotherhood in Europe: A General Framework.- Salafist Movements in Europe: Between Local and Transnational Mobilizations.- The Milli Görüş Movement in Europe: Context, Activities and Strategies.- Tablighi Jamaat in Europe.- Al Qaeda and the Islamic State: The Jihadi War on Christians Comes to Europe.- Part III: Surveys.- Political Islam in Austria.- Political Islam in Belgium: From Third-Country Activism to the Islamicization of the Political Debate.- Hybridizing Islam in the Balkans: The Rise of Salafi-Hanafism in Bulgaria.- Political Islam and Islamism in Europe – French Perspectives.- Political Islamism in Germany.- Political Islam in Greece: An Elusive Threat?.- Islamism in Italy: The Muslim Brotherhood Network and its Allies.- The Muslim Brotherhood and Other Organisations in the Netherlands.- A European Exception? Political Islam and Radical Islamism in Portugal.- Evolution of Political Islam in Romania at the Beginning of the 21st Century.- Contemporary Islamism in Spain: A Landscape Dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood.- Political Islamism – The Case of Sweden and Denmark.- The Muslim Brotherhood in Switzerland.- Shifting Relations Between Islamic Non-State and State Actors in Turkey.- Mainstream Islamism in Britain: Advocacy and Agitation.-Political Islam and Islamism in the Western Balkans.- Comparative Summary.