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El Forum Deusto recoge en este volumen las trece conferencias que se ofrecieron dentro de un ciclo dedicado a la reflexión de ámbitos y grupos humanos que nos resultan lejanos, bien sea en el espacio o bien alejados por su forma distinta de pensar y vivir. Unas aportaciones que nos permiten acercarnos a la cultura india, china y el mundo islámico, contemplar la vida de grupos humanos como los refugiados, los ancianos, los marginados, las mujeres del Islam, oir la voz de la etnia gitana y la remota de los tseltales mayas y llegar con el pensamiento a la Antántida y al África subsahariana.

The involvement of minorities in politics has been the subject of a considerable number of studies. However, these studies are rarely concerned with the political role in Western Europe of both Islam as a mobilising factor, and the Muslims as a religious group comparable with other confessional groups creating political parties. The importance of political participation of Muslims for the improvement of their social, economic, and cultural position as well as for the establishing of religious infrastructure, has been widely recognized by politicians and scientists alike. As relative newcomers in Western Europe, most Muslims still occupy a marginal position, which makes their active political participation all the more urgent. Over the last decades, initiatives have been taken in several countries to create Islamic political parties. At the same, in most countries of Western Europe, the established political parties are nominating members with an Islamic background among their candidates. Furthermore, many discussions have taken place about the feasability of the integration of Islam within the European social and political systems. Cabinet ministers and established political parties have developed views about the nature of Islam, which are being crystalized in the policies of the national governments. Central issues in these discussions are, for instance, the compatibility of Islam and parliamentary democracy and human rights, the fear of religious fundamentalism and fanaticism, as well as the oppression of women by Islam. The present book contains fourteen contributions by specialists from various European countries.

El Forum Deusto recoge en este volumen las trece conferencias que se ofrecieron dentro de un ciclo dedicado a la reflexión de ámbitos y grupos humanos que nos resultan lejanos, bien sea en el espacio o bien alejados por su forma distinta de pensar y vivir. Unas aportaciones que nos permiten acercarnos a la cultura india, china y el mundo islámico, contemplar la vida de grupos humanos como los refugiados, los ancianos, los marginados, las mujeres del Islam, oir la voz de la etnia gitana y la remota de los tseltales mayas y llegar con el pensamiento a la Antántida y al África subsahariana.