Counting Deviance: Revisiting a decade's production of surveys in Western Europe

Birgitte Schepelern Johansen; Riem Spielhaus

doi:10.1163/221179512x644060

Counting Deviance: Revisiting a decade's production of surveys in Western Europe

Birgitte Schepelern Johansen, Riem Spielhaus

Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies

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Abstract

This article looks at the emergence of Muslims as a category of knowledge in surveys and opinion polls that have been conducted as a reaction to the rising demand for data about Muslim populations in Western Europe within the last ten years. The most prevalent feature of the conceptualization of Muslims is that they are inherently immigrants, or of immigrant descent, who are living within a certain nation state. This creates a continuous statistical invisibility of certain Muslims, for instance those without immigration backgrounds, as well as Muslims with national backgrounds other than Muslim majority countries. Further, this identification of the Muslim as immigrant, even if unintended, contributes to upholding a subtle exclusion of Muslims from the national community as always foreign and always potentially in need of integration.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Muslims in Europe
Volume	Vol 1
Issue number	1
Pages (from-to)	81-112
Number of pages	32
ISSN	2211-792X
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1163/221179512x644060
Publication status	Published - 2012

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Mapping a decade's production of surveys among Muslims in Europe
Birgitte Schepelern Johansen (Speaker)
3 Nov 2011
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Lecture and oral contribution
Quantifying the Muslims
Birgitte Schepelern Johansen (Organizer)
2 Nov 2011 → 4 Nov 2011
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation of and participation in conference

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Counting Deviance: Revisiting a decade's production of surveys in Western Europe

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