Are European democracies good for Muslim women? The challenging question of Muslim women’s political participation and representation in European constitutional states

Muslim women’s political participation and representation in European countries proves to be a relevant case study for reflecting on the capacity of pluralist democracies to effectively enforce the rights of new minorities to be actively involved in the life of their communities and to both individual and social emancipation. By trying to map some political and legal factors affecting Muslim women’s active presence in the political arena the paper wishes to contribute to the knowledge of a controversial issue where gender challengingly intersect with ethnicity and religion.