Abstract:

When we talk about Muslims in Europe, We are discussing a specific community. This community is living in Europe for centuries and has a decisive role in the continent which is self-evident. Through the Analysis of different natures of social science, we come to know that being ‘Muslim’ is not only a classification of analysis but also a social, political and religious practice. If same principle is implemented in the case of immigrants, the huge transformation of the public representation made the Europe a place where not only Muslims but all communities have empathy of their origin and religion. Some self-identifications react directly to hegemonic other-identifications. This is most obviously the case where other-identifications are experienced as powerfully stigmatizing. Although it is proved from different studies in Europe that Muslims have not any specific challenge. The same has been presented in the Pew Global Attitudes Project poll of 2006, where most of the Muslims admitted that besides little signs of animosity on some places, majority of Europeans are not hostile towards their religion and place of origin. Most of the Muslims even confessed that beside terrorist incidents occurred in the continent for which Muslims were held responsible; they still have not had any personal bad experience attributable to their race, ethnicity, or religion. Being Muslim in Europe is not a case of stigmatization which is felt in daily life rather discourse leads to some reactively assert a Muslim identification. While Americans are protesting against racism and Europe may follow, the case under study will reveal us about the real challenges being faced by the Muslims in Europe.

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