Table of Contents - 5
Summary - 7
Preface - 15
1 Introduction - 17
1.1 Background and motivation - 17
1.2 Aims, core question and limitations - 19
1.3 Research approach and structure of the report - 20
2 The European Union and religion - 27
2.1 Introduction - 27
2.2 The values of the Union - 27
2.3 Religion in the European member states - 31
2.4 Conclusion - 40
3 Turkish Islam and the European Union - 47
3.1 Introduction - 47
3.2 The secular state: historical foundations - 47
3.3 Secular state and political Islam - 51
3.4 State-Islam and freedom of religion - 54
3.5 Democracy and political Islam - 57
3.6 Constitutional state and political Islam - 60
3.7 Violence and political Islam - 64
3.8 Conclusion - 66
4 Conclusions - 69
Epilogue - 75
Literature - 79
Searching for the Fault-Line. Survey by E.J. Zürcher and H. van der Linden - 85
1 Introduction: Turkey – fault-line, frontline or test case? - 89
2 Turkey’s current Islamic landscape - 95
3 Turkish Islam and the eu: A clash of civilisations? - 149
4 Conclusion: Turkish Islam and European civilisation - 171
Literature - 173
Websites - 176