Nilufer Gole

A prominent Turkish sociologist and a leading authority on the political movement of today’s educated, urbanized, religious Muslim women. From 1986 to 2001 a professor at the Boğaziçi University in Istanbul, she is currently Directrice d’études at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS), Centre d’Analyse et d’Intervention Sociologiques (CADIS), in Paris

Politics

Islam in Refashioning European Publics and Politics

BY Nilufer Gole AND Liberte / February 27, 2017

People turn away from discussions concerning Europe. Islam on the contrary, represents a red fiery zone for European publics, provokes controversies and scandals, mobilizes collective passions, and gives voice and visibility to those who enter in that zone.