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Migrant groups which identify themselves as Islamic organizations, or which are perceived as such, have been facing serious challenges, particularly since 9/11 (Rosenow-Williams, 2012). The public discourse, the various state agencies, and other organizations require these organizations to legitimize themselves as non-Islamist, non-terrorist, and non-fundamentalist. Whether because of their goals and aims, the convictions of their members, or the countries they come from or deal with — organizations which may have, or are believed to have, any connection to Islam are under special surveillance. Migrant organizations (MOs) are often seen as an obstacle to assimilation which delay or impede their members’ identification with the country of arrival. Politicians in several countries of the European Union (EU) do not regard Islam as a part of European history and the European value system, so Islamic organizations in Europe are even more at risk of being marginalized than in many Asian and African countries.
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Pries, L., Tuncer-Zengingül, T. (2013). Neither Omnipotent nor a Paper Tiger: The Federation of the Alevi Communities in Germany and the Dynamics of Its Multidimensional Area of Activity. In: Kortmann, M., Rosenow-Williams, K. (eds) Islamic Organizations in Europe and the USA. Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137305589_9
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