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Middle East Media and Book Reviews Online

Localizing Islam in Europe: Turkish Islamic Communities in Germany and the Netherlands
By: Ahmet Yukleyen
Localizing Islam in Europe: Turkish Islamic Communities in Germany and the Netherlands. New York: Syracuse University
Press, 2012. 304pp. $39.95. ISBN: 0815632622.
Volume: 1 Issue: 1
April 2013
Review by
Eren Tatari, PhD
Rollins College
Orlando, FL.
Throughout the past decade, the topic of Muslims living in the West has remained one that is simultaneously controversial, confounding, and
heavily discussed within the social sciences. Despite this extended and continued period of discussion, there are few texts within the genre that are
based on extensive fieldwork, or provide the detailed and concise descriptions that are often necessary in understanding a particular social
occurrence. Political scientists and policy analysts alike may look to Localizing Islam in Europe: Turkish Islamic Communities in Germany and the
Netherlands to present the necessary components that are to be considered and utilized when drafting policies to better the lives of this particular
demographic. The ethno-national identity of Muslims and the European country they live in is significant in understandi