ABSTRACT
Linda Woodhead draws on Certeau to suggest how this approach can be used in the study of religion and he highlights three main themes in the case studies presented in his edited collection: a focus on meaning, ritualisation, and narrative. The chapter emphases that interested above all in the invisible and the noninstitutionalor less-visibly-institutionaldimensions of Islam in Europe. It aims to bring to the fore forms of religiosity that have been too easily overlooked. The chapter aims is to broaden the scope of attention to include more societal domains including shops, schools, workplaces, health centresand we are interested in how religion operates within these and plays out across them in the life trajectories of individuals. The history of the Muslim presence in Europe is now quite well documented; significant attention has been given to issues of societal concern such as integration, emancipation, and radicalisation. Some scholars have approached Islam as a coherent, uniform system and have emphasised its normative dimension.
