Transnational Study of Public Controversies around Islam in Europe

The international colloquium “Transnational Study of Public Controversies around Islam in Europe”, seek to understand the ways in which controversies around Islam bring the visibility of religious signs and symbols to the foreground of European public life. Islamic priers practices, connected to the headscarf, prayers and dietary prescriptions trigger societal debates that confront secular European values to the Islamic religious norms. The question of Islamic difference becomes central in th..