"Mosques in the Metropolis is packed with interesting ideas, not the least of which is Becker’s provocative intellectual fusion of Jewish thought with classic sociological theory to understand how Muslims in Europe have become marginalized as strangers and Others."

American Journal of Sociology

“Evocative, stirring, and thought-provoking are terms that capture Becker’s compelling narrative about the complex lives of faithful Muslims in several European contexts. Mosques in the Metropolis cunningly and creatively brings the reader into the folds of Europe’s tortured history with Islam and Muslims, which continues to this day. Becker artfully interweaves the stories of Muslim communities with the larger questions of citizenship, faith, and belonging. Punctuated with the voices of strangers of another time, namely European Jews, this readable book teems with insights and makes for indispensable reading.”

Ebrahim Moosa, Mirza Family Professor of Islamic Thought & Muslim Societies, University of Notre Dame and author of What Is a Madrasa?

“Mosques in the Metropolis is a poetic analysis of Muslim lives in Berlin and London. Becker insightfully weaves together the discernments of nineteenth- and twentieth-century European Jewish thinkers with the experiences of contemporary Muslims inhabiting the same spaces. This is one of the most inspiring discussions of palimpsests of history in Europe that shows how the past, present, and future are intimately and unexpectedly connected.”

Esra Özyürek, University of Cambridge