ABSTRACT

Cultural centres and musallas are certainly a point of reference for many immigrants. This chapter starts by addressing the general question Are second-generation Muslims, as a group, more religious than their parents. It highlights whether the generational shift implies a new relationship between Muslim associations and local institutions. The chapter considers the interviews conducted as part of the project: the testimonies gathered from young people are equally distributed by origin and gender. Through the interviews the chapter explores, from the perspective of the subjective experiences of both first and second generations, the role of Islam in their lives and how they interact with local society on religious issues. The chapter explains how the children of immigration's 'entrance to adulthood' will result in relationships that Islam defines with the local policy. It examines the experience of the city of Turin, which, because of its history of immigration, the abundance of the Muslim presence and migration management policies.