ABSTRACT
This chapter presents an assessment of the main trends directing the evolution of an understanding of imams in Europe, with a particular focus on the sociocultural profile of those who assume this role in Italy. The number of profiles of imams studied in this research project was one hundred from all over the country. The chapter also offers some updated figures based on the results of another research project, originally conducted between 2011 and 2013, on places of Muslim worship in the country. 1
