MUSLIMS IN EUROPE

PROJECTS

THE INDIAN OCEAN • The Indian Ocean Programme: Hadrami diaspora: migration of people, commodities and idea • Trade, migration and cultural change in the Indian Ocean ISLAM AND SOCIETY, AFRICA • The Sufi heritage of Ahmad b. Idris and his students • A Muslim intellectual elite: Innovation and leadership in the Sudanese tradition • Arabic Literature of Africa • Timbuktu manuscripts project ISLAM AND SOCIETY, MUSLIMS IN EUROPE • Islams in Norway PROTESTANT MISSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST • Protestant Missions

Islams in Norway
This project under the Department of History of Religions consisted of six scholars, one assoc. professor, two graduates and three master's students working on projects related to Islam in Norway. The project has led to a joint publication,

Hege Irene Markussen and Richard Johan Natvig (eds.), Islamer i Norge, Uppsala: Swedish Science Press, 2005.

Among the topics discussed are:

• T he myth of Muslims: Media imagery of Muslim immigrants in Norway (Kjersti Rogde Næss)
• A study of Muslim decor in hair dresser's saloons in Bergen: Theoretical and methodological implications (Hege Irene Markussen)
• Islam as an organizing principle among Pakistanis in Oslo (Tom Irgan)
• Somalis and Sudanese in Norway and the question of religious authenticity (Munzoul A. M. Assal)
• Identity construction among young Muslims in Norway (Maria Mellegaard Lien)