The Pluralism Project at Harvard University

Dr. Martin Baumann

University of Lucerne
Religions in Diaspora: Islam and Asian Immigrant Religions in Central Europe

Muslime in der Zentralschweiz Von Migranten zu Muslimen in der Diaspora

As part of a larger project researching the religious pluralism in Switzerland headed by Dr. Martin Baumann, this research, conducted by Dr. Samuel-Martin Behoul, focuses on the Muslim traditions and organizations in Central Switzerland.

Samuel M. Behloul is a Researcher and Assistant Professor at the Department for the Study of Religions at the University of Lucerne, Switzerland. He obtained his Ph.D at the Free University of Berlin (Department for Arabic Sciences) with a thesis on Ibn Hazm al-Andalusi and his Polemic against the Four Gospels (2000). His post-doctorial thesis (habilitation) focuses on the Muslim Traditions and Organisations in Central Switzerland with a special consideration of the issue of internal Pluralism among the Muslim Migrants in Switzerland. The paper is available in English here.