Today there are at least 15 million people in western europe who adhere to the muslim faith or have close cultural or other affiliations with the islamic world indeed in the course of a few decades islam has emerged as europes second religion after christianity what is remarkable about this phenomenon is that it has occurred gradually generally peacefully and in some measure as a . Stanford libraries official online search tool for books media journals databases government documents and more. Islam europes second religion the new social cultural and political landscape edited by shireen t hunter foreword by charles buchanan westport conn . Islam europes second religion the new social cultural and political landscape by unknown praeger 2002 paperback paperback unknown on amazoncom free shipping on qualifying offers islam europes second religion the new social cultural and political landscape by unknown praeger. Despite some difficulties islam is slowly but inexorably becoming part of europes social cultural and to some degree political landscape the question today is not can islam be uprooted and expelled from european soil as was done six centuries ago during the period of reconquista in spain but rather what is the best way of accommodating islam in europe and establishing cooperative