This panel focuses on the accommodation and establishment of Islamic and Alevi diversity in Europe, namely on the presence of Alevi and Muslim communities and groups with their different teachings, traditions, rites and claims in Europe. Intra- religious pluralism particularly within Islam and Alevism deserves a closer look, not only because of imported global frictions between Sunni, Shia and Alevis in general, but also because of complex intra and extra religious clashes, altogether with the marginalization of groups differing from the mainstream Sunni orthodox interpretation. It’s precisely the inherent pluralism within Islam, which is more and more challenging political and legal frameworks of European countries. Guarantees of the freedom and equality of religion along its different dimensions are called into question not least due securitization approaches and the ongoing tendency towards a return to state-church sovereignty with the aim to create a version of Islam that fits the respective government’s position and further impacts on marginalized communities. From the Muslim perspective one would ask, what is our role in the society, what is our contribution to it or how do we deal with Islamic diversity? Therefore, the panel should give the multidisciplinary opportunity to think out of the box and to challenge the boarders of given religious-legal and political frameworks. The panel is open to contributions from different disciplines in a comparative and/or single case perspective.Chairs:Michael Kramer (Universität Wien) Hüseyin Çiçek (Universität WienSpeakers:Stephan Hinghofer-Szalkay (Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz / Federal Chancellery of Austria), Accomodating Islamic and/including Alevi Diversity in Austrian Law: Old Roots, Recent Milestones and Current ChallengesDeniz Coşan Eke (Universität Wien), From Diversity to Pluralism: Negotiating Multiple Identities among AlevisMichael Kramer (Universität Wien), Islamic Diversity in Austria from the viewpoint of the Islamic Religious Community in Austria (IRCA) concerning its relationship to Alevi and ShiaMinoo Mirshahvalad (FSCIRE), Italian Converts and the Thorny Issue of Religious AuthorityHüseyin Çiçek (Universität Wien), Notions of Law and Authority in Alevi NarrativesSumeyra Yakar (University of Iğdır), The Consolidative Policy of the Diyanet Toward Alevi Communities