ABSTRACT
This discussion chapter examines the pertinent findings that have emerged from this philosophical-empirical study. The chapter concisely combines information from preceding chapters to create a cohesive picture that teases-out the main findings and demonstrates the complex relationship between recognition and multiple formations of power. This is carried out in two sections. Firstly, the chapter probes the complex intertwinement between recognition and power. Domineering, constitutive and resistive power are examined and related back to how such powers impact upon recognition in multiple spheres of life. This section consistently refers back to and shows how the social theoretical insights examined in the initial chapters of the book link to the narrative evidence emanating from the empirical chapters. The second section shows how this research challenges the security paradigm that has stereotyped Islam as terroristic, and reified Muslim populations across Europe as suspect. Taking the new knowledge learned about struggles for recognition and the influence of power relations, the chapter concludes by evaluating the overarching insight of the book, which is that Muslim individuals and collectives are actively involved in the integration process of resolving everyday recognition and power dilemmas in order to find a way to be in the Irish-European context.
