Call for Chapter Authors

State, Religion and Muslims. Between Discrimination and Protection at the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Levels

Editors:

Dr. Melek Saral

Dr. Serif Onur Bahcecik

To be published by the Foundation for Migration Studies [1]

[1] The Foundation for Migration Studies is a non-governmental, non-profit organization based in Ankara, Turkey (www.gocvakfi.com). The Foundation’s mission is to conduct research and disseminate information on social, cultural and political problems of migrant populations.

We are looking for contributors to a peer-reviewed edited book on discrimination against and protection of Muslims in Western countries. The volume seeks to throw light on:

  • The general legal framework for the prevention and punishment of discrimination
  • The national and international legislation giving rise to discrimination or setting the framework with respect to non-discrimination
  • Administrative practices that cause or diminish discrimination
  • Judicial decisions that are relevant to discrimination against Muslims

Each chapter should be between 18000-20000 words and deal with a single country: Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Holland, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States.

Topics to be covered for each chapter are: Education, Employment, Exercise of Religion, State Relations with Religious Communities, Hate Crime and Hate Speech.

Researchers are invited to submit a 1-page chapter proposal and a current CV by March 15, 2017. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by March 30, 2017 about the status of their proposals, and will be sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by July 15, 2017.

Chapter authors will be paid an honorarium after submitting a final version of the work.

Please see the full call at https://goo.gl/sE9bj7

Contact Info: Serif Onur Bahcecik bahcecik@metu.edu.tr