Religion in the Public Space: ‘Blue-and-Yellow Islam’ in SwedenFootnote*

*A version of this paper was first presented at the conference ‘Muslim Diasporas: Religious and National Identity, Gender, Cultural Resistance’ at the University of Toronto, Canada, 1–3 June 2007.

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