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In the melting pot – Muslim migrants in post-crisis Bochum

Georgiana Catalina Macovei and photographer Octavian Bâlea documented the visitors of a Turkish mosque in Bochum. The article sheds light on the impact of the economic crisis of 2008 on Bochum’s large and diverse muslim community. Who was affected and what support networks are provided by religious institutions such as Mosque societies? As numbers cannot convey the complexity of issues of migration within the town of Bochum, the article allows for a different look on the struggles and success stories of muslim migrants in Bochum.

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