This book shifts analytical focus from macro-politicization and securitization of Islam to Muslims' choices, practices and public expressions of faith. An empirically rich analysis, the book provides rich cross-country evidence on the emergence of autonomous faith communities as well as the evolution of Islam in the broader European context.

AcknowledgmentsNotes on ContributorsIntroduction: Nation, State and Faith in the Post-Communist Era; Arolda ElbasaniPART I: THE PREVAILING PUBLIC DISCOURSE ON ISLAM1. Islam and Orientalism in Contemporary Albania; Enis Sulstarova 2. Anti-Islamic Public Discourse in Contemporary Greece: The Reproduction of Religious Panic; Alexandros Sakellariou 3. Faith and Politics in Kosovo: The Status of Religious Communities in a Secular Country; Jeton Mehmeti PART II: MUSLIMS ' ' PURSUIT OF FAITH AND RELIGIOSITY 4. The Loudspeaker of Faith in the ' 'Calm ' ' City: Islam and Urban Diversity in the Contemporary Balkans; Jelena ToSi? 5. Muslim Women ' 's Dress Practices in Bosnia-Herzegovina: Localising Islam through Everyday Lived Practice; Andreja Mesari?6. The Multiple Voices of Bulgaria ' 's Unofficial Islamic Leaders; Laura J. Olson7. Love and Boundaries: Inter-Faith and Inter-Ethnic Relationships Among Macedonian-Speaking Muslims; Anna Zadro?na8.' 'Holiness ' ' Constructed: Anonymous Saints in the Popular Traditions of Muslim Roma Communities in the Balkans; Ksenia TrofimovaPART III: RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, PUBLIC ARGUMENTS AND LEGITIMACY 9. Rhetorical Strategies of Kosovo ' 's Imams in the Fight for ' 'Women ' 's Rights ' '; Behar Sadriu 10. Public Expressions of Bosnian Muslim Religiosity and Lived Faith: The Cases of Friday Prayer and the Hijab; Julianne Funk 11. Faith, Fatherland, or Both? Accommodationist and Neo-Fundamentalist Islamic Discourses in Albania; Cecilie EndresenConclusions; Olivier Roy Index