Talk:European Islam

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[edit] Eh?

Looks like original research, or wishful thinking if you will. --Joffeloff 17:33, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

Jorgen Nielsen, Rudi Laermans, Nadia Fadil, Taris Ramadan, etc. all use this term. Sijo Ripa 18:07, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] OR

"European Islam" is a term used by some researchers to describe Islam which integrated itself to European values. But where would you put researchers who think Europe should integrate itself into Islam, or that Europeans should work harder to help Muslims integrate? Shouldn't it also be under "European Islam"? If there's a better article, I'll move the "other approaches" over there. Cesari, btw, does talk about European Islam - but requires both sides to integrate the other. Misheu 22:32, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

re-reading what I added as "other approaches" - both researchers are described elsewhere as writing about European Islam. I'm not sure where's the OR here. Misheu 22:34, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] headings

Maybe the headings should be according to the ideas and not according to the person saying them? Misheu 13:51, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I thought the same... but do they say the same? Are there nuances? The few articles/quotes mentioned are perhaps too little to make that conclusion. Also, who are the most prominent authors? Anyway, I support such a change. If things are not 100% correct, they can be fixed later. It would become too absurd to have dozens of authors each given an own section. A summarizing source would give an overview and avoid OR. Sijo Ripa 14:12, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

I'm sure there are nuances. I think this will not avoid OR but rather encourage it. After all, I don't know if anybody ever did a thorough examination of what each academic says on the topic and showed what's the differentiating points between them. But, I still think it's better. Due to RL issues I'll be working less on Wikipedia, so I don't think i'll get around to this anytime soon. Misheu 21:11, 18 July 2007 (UTC)