ABSTRACT
This chapter explores a particular form of lived religion found among Muslim pupils in Danish public schools. It begins by presenting the research project and it moves on to introduce school Islam as an example of lived religion. The chapter describes the institutional framework the schools in which the production of Islamic identities is taking place, and identify the main features of school Islam. It is not attempt to predict any overall conclusions of collaborative research project. Instead it presents one of the elements from the project that we find particularly interesting and promising, namely school Islam. The chapter explores how school Islam is not only an identity marker among the children but is often activated directly in response to the school's norms and practices. It argues that a particular version of Islam school Islamis being developed by Muslim pupils in their interaction with Danish public schools.
