iochm 2010-1 Pages 1-44 Price 40 SEK Order issue Symbols and Notions Young ”cultural Muslims” are often questioned when they challenge the stereotyped images of “what Muslims are like”. Active believers also find new ways of living as Muslims in Sweden. In congregations, where people from widely differing parts of the world gather, a common approach to Islam is sought – where different culture-bound traditions are toned down. Read, too, about how the minority issue came into focus when Herta Müller received the Nobel Prize for Literature.   Contents 4. With ”their” religion in focus Nora Weintraub 5. Democracy or ethnocracy? Jan Hjärpe 9. Church council elections as political playing fields Göran Larsson, Åke Sander 13. Religion, ethnicity and organisation Klas Borell, Arne Gerdner 18. Women and youth in the mosque Pia Karlsson Minganti 22. ”Cultural Muslim” – an identity Jonas Otterbeck 27. The veil as a social construction Mozhgan Zachrison 28. Ramadan Swedish style Jenny Berglund, Simon Sorgenfrei 30. The symbolic value of the right to solemnise marriages Anne Sofie Roald 34. A veil in the crowd Carina Listerborn, Johanna Sixtensson 39. Herta Müller’s authorship in the light of history Anders Blomqvist 42. Review: