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Cambridge Interfaith Programme

 

This project explores the dynamics and symbolism of Muslim conversions to Christianity in Turkey and in Europe.

Principal Investigator

Professor Esra Özyürek

Publications

Esra Özyürek, “Convert Alert: Turkish Christians and German Muslims as Threats to National Security in the New Europe” Comparative Studies in Society and History 51(1): 91-116, 2009.

Esra Özyürek, “Turkish and Christian: Secularist Fears of a Converted Nation” Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East 29(3): 398-412, 2009.

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