Abstract The fifth volume of the Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde (1723–1737) by Bernard Picart and Jean Frederic played a significant role in shaping perception Islam early 18th-century Dutch Republic Europe. Kishwar Rizvi has argued that it challenged stereotypes introducing novel comparative perspectives between Western traditions Islamic rituals. However, prev...

In Germany, and particu larly in Berlin , the fall of the Wall in 1989 and the years follow ing reuni® cation were accompanied by a large in ̄ ux of immigrants. These `new’ m igrants in Berlin are added to the long-resid ent guestworker population in the western part of the city. This paper investigat es the housing situation of the increasin g population of foreign ers before and after uni® cat...