Why the west fears islam an exploration of islam in western liberal democracies in this book jocelyne cesari uses the question are muslims threatening the core values of the west to inspire an unprecedented exploration of muslims religious and political life based on several years of field work and resulting in first hand testimonies of . In why the west fears islam an exploration of muslims in liberal democracies 2013 jocelyne cesari examines the role of islamic religious affiliation with integration in western democracies through extensive survey research in the us and several western european countries she concludes the presumed incompatibility between islam and civic political loyalties is not upheld by the empirical data rather than a clash of civilizations1 cesari argues muslims living in the west are . Jocelyne cesari examines the idea that islam might threaten the core values of the west through testimonies from muslims in france germany the united kingdom the netherlands and the us her book is an unprecedented exploration of muslim religious and political life based on several years of field work in europe and in the united states. My book why the west fears islam an exploration of muslims in liberal democracies presents first hand data from focus groups i organized in paris london berlin amsterdam and boston between 2007 and 2010 in this regard it is the first systematic and comparative review of the existing knowledge about muslim political behaviours and religious practices in western europe and in the united states. My book why the west fears islam an exploration of muslims in liberal democracies presents first hand data from focus groups i organized in paris london berlin amsterdam and boston between 2007 and 2010 in this regard it is the first systematic and comparative review of the existing knowledge about muslim political behaviours and religious practices in western europe and in