RT Article
T1 Diyanet Imams between Turkish Majoritarianism and German ‘Majority Society’
JF Journal of Muslims in Europe
VO 12
IS 2
SP 253
OP 281
A1 Yaşar, Aysun 1981-
LA English
PB Brill
YR 2023
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1850868298
AB Religious majoritarianism was established in Turkey with the fall of the Ottoman Empire. The Diyanet became the new home for the Ottoman Sunni ulema and supported the implementation of Sunni majoritarianism by assimilating minorities, e.g. Alevis. With the AKP government in power in the last decades in Turkey, Turkish majoritarianism has come to the fore. Turkish majoritarianism consists of Sunni Islam along with Turkish cultural and political dimensions. Diyanet imams function as important transmitters of Turkish majoritarianism to the Muslim community. At the same time, imams in Germany are seen as mediators for German integration policies. German politicians set the framework for integration with the expression ‘majority society’ (Mehrheitsgesellschaft) in policies regarding Islam, although a concrete definition of this seems to be problematic. Elements of Christian religion and German culture are used as elements in the construction of a ‘majority society’.
K1 majority society
K1 Germany
K1 DİTİB
K1 majoritarianism
K1 Imams
K1 Diyanet
DO 10.1163/22117954-bja10058