"Early versions of most chapters were presented as work in progress at the Fourth Mediterranean Social and Political Research Meeting in Montecatini Terme in 2003"--Pref.

Martin van Bruinessen holds the chair of Comparative Studies of Contemporary Muslim Societies in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, Utrecht University. He was one of the founders and an academic staff member of the International Institute for the Study of Islam in the Modern World (ISIM), where he co-ordinated the research programme on the Production of Islamic Knowledge in Western Europe.

Stefano Allievi is researcher at the University of Padua where he also teaches sociology. He specialises in migration issues, sociology of religion and cultural change, with a particular focus on the presence of Islam in Italy and Europe.

Preface 1. Producing Islamic Knowledge in Western Europe: Discipline, Authority, and Personal Quest Martin van Bruinessen 2. Muslim Voices, European Ears: Exploring the Gap Between the Production of Islamic Knowledge and its Perception Stefano Allievi 3. An Emerging European Islam: The Case of the Minhajul Qur'an in the Netherlands M. Amer Morgahi 4. Religious Authority, Social Action and Political Participation: A Case Study of the Mosquée de la Rue de Tanger in Paris Valérie Amiraux 5. The Pattern of Islamic Reform in Britain: The Deobandis Between Intra-Muslim Sectarianism and Engagement with Wider Society Jonathan Birt and Philip Lewis 6. Transnational Ulama, European Fatwas, and Islamic Authority: A Case Study of the European Council for Fatwa and Research Alexandre Caeiro 7. Cyber-fatwas, Sermons, and Media Campaigns: Amr Khaled and Omar Bakri Muhammad in Search of New Audiences Ermete Mariani 8. Guénonian Traditionalism and European Islam Mark Sedgwick