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Daniela Schlicht, M. A.

Institute for Political Science

Curriculum vitae:

Since July 2008	Member of the graduate schools of the cluster of excellence „Religion and Politics in Pre-Modern and Modern Cultures“
August 2007 until July 2008	Research assistant for the Project “Religion and Biopolitics” of Prof. Dr. Ulrich Willems
February 2007	Master of Political Science at the University of Münster (WWU) Master's thesis: The Potential of the Internet for the Social Integration of Migrants: The Homepages IGMG und DITIB.
October 2001 until February 2007	Studies in Political Science, Islamic Science and Public Law at the University of Münster (WWU)

Ph.d. Project:

European Muslim Religiosity on the Internet

“There exists only one Islam, which determines each Muslimʼs life.” This statement from a Muslim university student posted on a German online-discussion group articulates a singular form of Islam which opposes the European publicʼs desire for a particular, namely a liberal, Euro-Islam. The same internet forum, however, provides numerous perspectives on Islam by other European students of Muslim belief that challenge this postulated uniformity of Islam. In fact, different types of Muslim religiosity and identity have evolved and are not only articulated but also negotiated online. Many of these are a product resulting from the interactions between secular societies and Muslim minorities in Europe. These modern types of religiosity range from expressions of ʽprotestantʼ, and ʽindividualisticʼ to ʽsecular-culturalʼ Islam. Yet, few attempts have been made to elucidate the dynamics of religious identity formation online in order to bring the average European Muslim into focus.

In this project, I argue that research on the question of how European Muslims use the internet is crucial for the understanding of the contemporary debate of Islam in Europe. The internet, which is a product and instrument of modernity itself, constitutes a space that young European Muslims utilize to discuss their identity and religiosity. Online-forums are used by some of these students to challenge the religious authority of clerical Islam through constructing their own ʽpureʼ alternative of Islam; others use them to develop genuine secular forms of religiosity. Such inner-Islamic online debates mirror contemporary sociological debates pertaining to the ʽReturn of the Godsʼ as a challenge to secular modernity in Europe.

Within a case study focusing on Muslim university studentsʼ online forums from Germany and England, I examine and contextualize online interaction, especially in relation to the use of religion as a resource for the construction of Muslim identity in contemporary European society.

Research interests:

Islam and the internet
Islam as a political and social factor
Politics of integration and migration
Religion and politics

Function within the Cluster/Membership in Projects and Groups:

Member of the study group Concepts of the Enemy - Formation, Development and Reception
Member of the study group Media
Member of the study group Sociology of religion

Publications:

2010: Der Pan-Islamismus – eine transnationale politische Fiktion? In: Robert / Schlicht / Saleem (eds.): Kollektive Identitäten im Nahen und Mittleren Osten. Studien zum Verhältnis von Staat und Religion, pp. 55 – 74.
2010: With Rüdiger Robert: Kollektive Identitäten im Nahen und Mittleren Osten im Kontext von Staat und Religion. In: Robert / Schlicht / Saleem (eds.): Kollektive Identitäten im Nahen und Mittleren Osten. Studien zum Verhältnis von Staat und Religion, pp. 9 – 32.
2010: With Denise Kunkel: Bürger zweiter Klasse: Die Kopten in Ägypten. In: Robert / Schlicht / Saleem (eds.): Kollektive Identitäten im Nahen und Mittleren Osten. Studien zum Verhältnis von Staat und Religion, pp. 459 – 478.
2009: Von Populär bis Fundamentalistisch: Repräsentation islamischer Religiosität im Internet. In: Hunger, Uwe / Kissau, Kathrin (eds.): Internet und Migration. Theoretische Zugänge und empirische Befunde. Wiesbaden: VS-Verlag, pp. 233 – 255.
2007: Verpasste Chance für die Integration? Die DITIB im Internet. In: Journal 360°. Ausgabe Nr. 002. pp. 66-76.
2007: Zwischen religiöser Unterweisung und modernem Marketing: Die Websites der Migrantenselbstorganisationen DITIB und Milli Görüş im Vergleich. In: Hunger, Uwe/Kissau, Kathrin (eds.): PPI Working Paper II, Stand: 5.07.2007.