This book offers a comparative examination of Islamic welfare activities across urban areas in
both Switzerland and Italy in order to address general issues relating to the welfare
engagement of Islamic organisations in Europe.Welfare Activities by New Religious Actors
describes how Islamic organisations have been coordinated and structured in Geneva Milan Rome
and Zurich four cities not yet analysed in the literature on Islamic welfare. It also explores
the institutional opportunities and constraints that are able to influence forms of social
religious activities at the local and international level by bringing together two research
fields that seldom speak to each other: social network analysis and political opportunity
theory.This book will appeal to scholars of Sociology Anthropology and Religious Studies
dealing with the social and political inclusion of Muslims in Europe and the social activities
of Islamic organisations in Western countries.
