The monograph “German Muslims in the Contemporary Germany. Who Are They?” by Elvina Faritovna Ryazanova, a candidate of historical sciences and research scholar of the N.N. Miklukho Maclay Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the Russian Academy of Science is published and introduced to the readers. This is the 5th book of the series “Religion in the Modern World”.

The monograph is devoted to Germans who embraced Islam. The reason of becoming Muslims is associated with different factors. The book also covers life of Muslim immigrants of the 2nd-3rd generations who are born in Germany. Many of these people lead a European lifestyle, but there are others who try to preserve a traditional lifestyle that is common for a country their parents come from. A special attention is payed to constructing a religious identity of German Muslims and new religious practices they transferred from Christianity into Islam. The author brings about new scientific terms like “post conversional syndrome” etc.   

The book “German Muslims in the Contemporary Germany. Who Are They?” is prepared by OOO “Sadra” Publishing house in collaboration with the N.N. Miklukho Maclay Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the Russian Academy of Science and is published with the assistance of Ibn Sina Foundation based on the result of Ibn Sina Competition for Publishing Grants-2023.