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From conflict to co-operation between Muslims and local authorities in a Brussels borough: Schaerbeek

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Manco, Ural [FUSL] Kanmaz, Meryem [FUSL]

Schaerbeek (a borough of Brussels) is an ideal case-study of how the presence of a Muslim population is managed in Belgium. The relational model that prevailed until 1994, when the local coalition changed, was marked by the municipal administration's hostility towards Muslims and more especially the mosque associations. It has since gradually given way to a new model that is characterised by working together for true recognition of the Muslims' freedom of worship and appreciation of their cultural roots. The development of a constituency of immigrant background and a Muslim elite in both politics and the mosque associations has played a major role in this change. However, it seems that the new language adopted by the local administration, which is aimed at getting Muslim residents to become active local citizens, is not free from an election-oriented hidden agenda. These developments are studied by means of a comparison of the periods before and after 1994 in which we analyse how the borough's authorities perceive(d) Islam and Muslims and cope(d) with their presence and how the Muslims themselves have integrated local life. © 2005 Taylor & Francis.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche
Publication date 2005
Journal information "Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies" - Vol. 31, no. 6, p. 1105-1123 (2005)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Routledge ((United Kingdom) Abingdon)
issn 1369-183X
e-issn 1469-9451
Publication status Publié
Affiliation USL-B
Keywords Belgium ; Brussels ; Islamophobia ; Local politics ; Mosques ; Islamism ; Political conflict ; Religion ; Belgium ; Benelux ; Brussels ; Eastern Hemisphere ; Eurasia ; Europe ; Western Europe ; World
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Bibliographic reference Manco, Ural ; Kanmaz, Meryem. From conflict to co-operation between Muslims and local authorities in a Brussels borough: Schaerbeek. In: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Vol. 31, no. 6, p. 1105-1123 (2005)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.3/112387