Constructing difference: The mosque debates in Greece

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 957-975

  Triandafyllidou, Anna ^a,b   Gropas, Ruby ^a,b  

^a Aristotle University of Thessaloniki   (Greece)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; Migration; Mosques; National identity; Religion

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; ISLAMISM; MIGRATION; NATIONAL IDENTITY; RELIGION;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 68349094328     PISSN: 1369183X     EISSN: 14699451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691830902957734     Document Type: Article

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