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Islamic Identity and Politics in Muslim-minority Contexts

Author : Aala Abdelgadir
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Islamic Identity and Politics in Muslim-minority Contexts written by Aala Abdelgadir and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Islamic identity has undergone profound changes over the twentieth century with the emergence of fundamentalist Islam. The rise of conservative Islam worldwide has generated unique challenges for different regions. Across three papers, this dissertation examines this change in Islamic identity and its implications for politics in the Muslim-minority contexts of sub-Saharan Africa and Europe. My work on sub-Saharan Africa examines the origins of Islamic conservatism on the continent while the work on Europe explores the institutional and societal responses to changing Islamic identity. In the first paper, "Arab Missionary Roots of Africa's Islamic Fundamentalism", I explore the emergence of Islamic fundamentalism in sub-Saharan Africa. I leverage cross-national and subnational evidence to link the rise of fundamentalism in Africa to repatriated graduates from Islamic universities in Egypt and Saudi Arabia. The second and third paper explore Islamic identity and politics in Europe. In the second paper, "Perceived Discrimination and Adolescent Muslim Integration", my co-author Vasiliki Fouka and I examine the impact of social stigmatization of Muslims in the UK, Germany, and Sweden. We use high frequency hate crime data alongside a longitudinal survey of immigrant adolescents to show that in months with greater anti-Muslim violence, Muslim adolescents report greater association with the majority identity, lower religiosity, and increased pro-integration attitudes. The final paper, "Political Secularism and Muslim Integration in the West", co-authored with Vasiliki Fouka, examines institutional efforts to curb Muslims' religious behavior. We study the landmark French law banning headscarves in schools. We find that the law reduced Muslim women's educational attainment with negative downstream effects on employment as well as intensified their identification with French and religious communities.

Methods and Contexts in the Study of Muslim Minorities

Author : Nadia Jeldtoft
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317978595
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)

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Download or read book Methods and Contexts in the Study of Muslim Minorities written by Nadia Jeldtoft and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-07-16 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the past decade Muslims in Europe have been the subject of heated debates on the place and role of religion in the public space. Research into the issues involved has often used visible and formalised expressions of Muslim religiosity as its empirical point of departure. This book instead examines the microlevel workings of Muslim minority religiosity to offer a new perspective on these debates. Contributors to this volume examine the forms of Muslim religiosity which are not dependent on the official or semi-official settings of organised religion. These ethnographic studies investigate a range of examples of non-organised Islam, ranging from salafi-jihadism, to converts to Islam, to everyday spiritualities of Muslim in Europe. By exploring these neglected forms of Muslim religiosity, this book is able to build up a more nuanced picture of the role of Muslims in Europe. It will be of interest to academics, researchers and graduate students of Religion, Ethnic Studies, Migration Studies, Sociology and Political Science. This book was previously published as a special issue of Ethnic and Racial Studies.

Encountering Islam

Author : Yew-Foong Hui
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
ISBN 13 : 9814379921
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (143 download)

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Download or read book Encountering Islam written by Yew-Foong Hui and published by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. This book was released on 2013 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume seeks to introduce and deepen the understanding of Islam and its role in politics as encountered in different national and transnational contexts in Southeast Asia, eschewing the neo-orientalist approach that has informed public discourse in recent years. In Encountering Islam, the book lingers beyond the summary moment and reflects on the multiple impressions, suppressions and repressions, whether coherent or incoherent, associated with Islam as a socio-political force in public life. To this end, it is not adequate simply to represent the divergent identities associated with Islam in Southeast Asia, whether embedded in state-endorsed orthodoxy or Islamic movements that contest such orthodoxy. It is also important to examine religious minorities in political contexts where Islam is dominant and Muslim communities in national contexts where they are minorities. By situating these religious identities within their larger socio-political contexts, this volume seeks to provide a more holistic understanding of what is encountered as Islam in Southeast Asia.

Nationalism and Minority Identities in Islamic Societies

Author : Maya Shatzmiller
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 9780773528482
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (284 download)

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Download or read book Nationalism and Minority Identities in Islamic Societies written by Maya Shatzmiller and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2005 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The movement of nation building in Islamic societies away from the secular or Pan-Arab models of the early twentieth century toward a variety of "nationalisms" was accompanied by growing antagonism between the Muslim majority and ethnic or religious minorities. The papers in Nationalism and Minority Identities in Islamic Societies offer a comparative analysis of how these minorities developed their own distinctive identities within the modern Islamic nation-state. The essays focus on identity formation in five minority groups - Copts in Egypt, Baha'is and Christians in Pakistan, Berbers in Algeria and Morocco, and Kurds in Turkey and Iraq. While every minority community is distinctive, the experiences of each show that a state's authoritarian rule, uncompromising attitude towards expressions of particularism, and failure to offer tools for inclusion are all responsible for the politicization and radicalization of minority identities. The place of Islam in this process is complex: while its initial pluralistic role was transformed through the creation of the modern nation-state, the radicalization of society in turn radicalized and politicized minority identities. Minority groups, though at times possessing a measure of political autonomy, remain intensely vulnerable. Contributors include Juan R.I. Cole (University of Michigan), David L. Crawford (Fairfield University), Michael Gunter (Tennessee Technological University), Azzedine Layachi (St John's University), Richard C. Martin (Emory University), Paul S. Rowe (University of Western Ontario), Maya Shatzmiller (University of Western Ontario), Charles D. Smith (University of Arizona), Pieternella van Doorn-Harder (Valparaiso University), the late Linda S. Walbridge (University of Oklahoma), and M. Hakan Yavuz (University of Utah). Announcing the series: Studies in Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict General Editors: Sid Noel and Richard Vernon, co-directors of University of Western Ontario's Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict Research Group. Studies in Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict is a series that examines the political dimensions of nationality in the contemporary world. The series includes both scholarly monographs and edited volumes which consider the varied sources and political expressions of national identities, the politics of multiple loyalty, the domestic and international effects of competing identities within a single state, and the causes of, and political responses to, conflict between ethnic and religious groups. The volumes are designed for use by university students, scholars and interested general readers.

Political Participation and Identities of Muslims in Non-Muslim States

Author : W. A. R. Shadid
Publisher : Peeters Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9789039006115
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book Political Participation and Identities of Muslims in Non-Muslim States written by W. A. R. Shadid and published by Peeters Publishers. This book was released on 1996 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The involvement of minorities in politics has been the subject of a considerable number of studies. However, these studies are rarely concerned with the views of Muslims on their participation in the political processes of non-Muslim societies. Several Western scholars have thought and still think that the world, from the perspective of Muslims, can be divided in accordance with the dichotomy of the classical Islamic Law that distinguishes between the "Territory of Islam" and the "Territoryof War". however, during the last decennia various Muslim scholars have tried to reinterpret the position of Muslims in non-Muslim societies in new religious terms by which this classification has been emended and corrected. In this book, four different views are distinguished: the pragmatic, idealistic or utopian, re-interpretative, and traditionalist views. It goes without saying that the practical implementaion of these views to a large degree depends upon the types of Muslim organizations and representative bodies in those societies, as well as their denominational and ethnical backgrounds. From an international comparative perspective it appears that, contrary to the situation in Australia, Muslims of most Western European states have been thus far unsuccessful in creating representative organizations at national levels. This is also illustrated by studies of Muslim organizations in Germany, Italy and the united Kingdom. Another important factor consists of the views of the younger generations of Muslim immigrants about the compatibility of their Islamic identiity and full participation in the non-Muslim, secular societies in which they are living. Research on this subject contained in the present book responds to this question in an affirmative way.

Muslim Minorities in Europe and India

Author : Anwar Alam
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788177084306
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (843 download)

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Download or read book Muslim Minorities in Europe and India written by Anwar Alam and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the late 20th century, the issue of accommodation of religious minorities within the structure of nation-states has been a subject of intense discussions among scholars and policy makers across the world. Most societies and nation-states in the world are either experiencing strains in accommodating the social, economic, and political concerns of minority communities or facing difficulties in managing majority-minority relationship. More than any other community, it is the integration of minority Muslim communities that has been the subject of global debates and deliberations, particularly in the western hemisphere. The emergence of political radicalism within some sections of Muslim communities in the West, and a series of terrorist attacks, has further compounded this problem. These developments have reinforced the pervasive thinking among a large section of non-Muslim host societies that Islam suffers from structural deficiencies for a meaningful integration in the host societies. This edited volume is a collection of 14 scholarly articles including an introduction, which deals with the problem of accommodation of Muslim minority communities in the European and Indian contexts. It interrogates the notion of modernity, Muslim modernity, secularism, pluralism and multiculturalism in both European and Indian settings. Linkages of religion, ethnicity, and politics for the integration of Muslim minorities within the structure of a nation-state are also explored in a cross-cultural comparative framework. [Subject: Sociology, Politics, Islamic Studies]

The Politics of Muslim Identities in Asia

Author : Iulia Lumina
Publisher : EUP
ISBN 13 : 9781474466844
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book The Politics of Muslim Identities in Asia written by Iulia Lumina and published by EUP. This book was released on 2023-08-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Approaching religious identity with an emphasis on agency and contestation, this book offers a historical perspective on the development of Muslim identities in Asia. It examines the contingent politics that influence how Muslims constitute themselves as modern subjects. Through 9 country-based case studies, the book analyses how Muslims articulate their religious identity vis-à-vis the state and society in which they live, and how their position relates to specific social and political contexts. The contributors survey how religious affiliation sparks a politics of difference in contexts where Islamic practices, beliefs and aspirations are contested, as well as where Muslims are framed as the 'Other'.

Muslims, Trust and Multiculturalism

Author : Amina Yaqin
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319713094
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (197 download)

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Download or read book Muslims, Trust and Multiculturalism written by Amina Yaqin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-05-17 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book critically engages with the contemporary breakdown of trust between Muslim and non-Muslim communities in the West. It argues that a crisis of trust currently hampers intercultural relations and obstructs full participation in citizenship and civil society for those who fall prey to the suspicions of the state and their fellow citizens. This crisis of trust presents a challenge to the plurality of modern societies where religious identities have come to demand an equal recognition and political accommodation which is not consistently awarded across Europe, especially in nations which view themselves as secular, or where Islamic culture is seen as alien. This volume of interdisciplinary essays by leading scholars explores the theme of trust and multiculturalism across a range of perspectives, employing insights from political science, sociology, literature, ethnography and cultural studies. It provides an urgent critical response to the challenging contexts of multiculturalism for Muslims in both Europe and the USA. Taken together, the contributions suggest that the institutionalisation of multiculturalism as a state-led vehicle for tolerance and integration requires a certain type of trustworthy ‘performance’ from minority groups, particularly Muslims. Even when this performance is forthcoming, existing discourses of integration and underlying patterns of mistrust can contribute to Muslim alienation on the one hand, and rising Islamophobia on the other.

Politics of Desecularization

Author : Sadia Saeed
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108107850
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Politics of Desecularization written by Sadia Saeed and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-01-19 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The movement away from secularist practices and toward political Islam is a prominent trend across Muslim polities. Yet this shift remains under-theorized. Why do modern Muslim polities adopt policies that explicitly cater to religious sensibilities? How are these encoded in law and with what effects? Sadia Saeed addresses these questions through examining shifts in Pakistan's official state policies toward the rights of religious minorities, in particular the controversial Ahmadiyya community. Looking closely at the 'Ahmadi question', Saeed develops a framework for conceptualizing and explaining modern desecularization processes that emphasizes the critical role of nation-state formation, political majoritarianism, and struggles between 'secularist' and 'religious' ideologues in evolving political and legal fields. The book demonstrates that desecularization entails instituting new understandings of religion through processes and justifications that are quintessentially modern.

Educational Strategies among Muslims in the Context of Globalization

Author : Holger Daun
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9047402928
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (474 download)

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Download or read book Educational Strategies among Muslims in the Context of Globalization written by Holger Daun and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2004-04-01 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents an overview of Islamic educational institutions and the types of schools available for Islamic or mixed education in selected countries in Africa, Southeast Asia, Middle East and Europe.

Shi'a Minorities in the Contemporary World

Author : Oliver Scharbrodt
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 1474430392
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (744 download)

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Download or read book Shi'a Minorities in the Contemporary World written by Oliver Scharbrodt and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2020-06-18 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global migration flows in the 20th century have seen the emergence of Muslim diaspora and minority communities in Europe, North America and other parts of the world. This book offers a set of new comparative perspectives on the experiences of Shi'a Muslim minorities outside the so-called Muslim heartland (Middle East, North Africa, Central and South Asia). It looks at Shiʻa minority communities in Europe, North and South America, Sub-Saharan Africa and East Asia and discusses the particular challenges these communities face as "a minority within a minority"--

Scotland's Muslims

Author : Peter Hopkins
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 1474427251
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (744 download)

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Download or read book Scotland's Muslims written by Peter Hopkins and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2017-09-14 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines how American directors engage audiences through dialogue that is creatively designed and executed

Muslim Diversity

Author : Leif Manger
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136818642
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (368 download)

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Download or read book Muslim Diversity written by Leif Manger and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The term 'local Islam' has been coined to describe local responses to the effects of globalisation in the Islamic world. All contributions to this volume present cases of 'local Islam' as well as discussing the term itself. But what all of this group of anthropologists and historians convey is a feeling of dissatisfaction with the very term. Their uneasiness relates to the conceptual problems arising from seeing Islam as either local or global. Rather, the authors argue in favour of a focus not on Islam but on the lives of Muslims, putting their lives into the context of complex historical developments. Ranging across much of the vast extent of the Islamic world - from West Africa and the Near East to China and Southeast Asia - the contributions deal with the effects of migration on local Islamic traditions in Bangladesh; conflicts between Muslim sects in Pakistan; the development of jihad in West Africa; the problem of maintaining a Muslim identity in China; how Javanese Muslims combine their Islamic faith with belief in a local Javanese spirit world; the comparison between urban- and rural-based Islam in Syria; and (in two studies from western Sudan) issues of belief and broader aspects of identity management in a multi-ethnic situation.

Identity, Politics and the Study of Islam

Author : Matt Sheedy
Publisher : Culture on the Edge
ISBN 13 : 9781781794890
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (948 download)

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Download or read book Identity, Politics and the Study of Islam written by Matt Sheedy and published by Culture on the Edge. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume brings together a variety of scholars both inside and outside of Islamic Studies in order to grapple with such questions as: what, if anything, is unique about Islamic Studies?

Representing Muslims

Author : Seán McLoughlin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780745314372
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (143 download)

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Download or read book Representing Muslims written by Seán McLoughlin and published by . This book was released on 2003-11 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: --Explores the tensions and contradictions facing ethnic minorities in a multicultural society--Representing Muslims explores the tensions and contradictions facing ethnic minorities in a multicultural society, particularly when those communities assert rights that the majority would often prefer they went without - the right to express their Islamic identity and culture in ways which sometimes disturb and challenge prevailing notions of what it means to be British.McLoughlin sets the debates around Muslim religious identity and cultural politics in the wider context of contemporary ideas about globalization and diaspora, community and hybridity. In four different case studies he considers some of the ways in which Muslims are seeking to represent their identity to the state, wider society and each other. He also examines the ways in which Muslim identity is contextualised and cross-cut by a variety of sometimes conflicting notions of ethnicity, class, gender and generation.

Citizenship, Identity and the Politics of Multiculturalism

Author : N. Meer
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230281206
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Citizenship, Identity and the Politics of Multiculturalism written by N. Meer and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-12-04 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a fresh perspective on the emergence of public Muslim identities, traversing issues of Muslim-state engagement across government initiatives and church-state relations, across equalities agendas and the education system, the courts and the media.

Islam, Law and Identity

Author : Marinos Diamantides
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136675655
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (366 download)

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Download or read book Islam, Law and Identity written by Marinos Diamantides and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-08-08 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Islam, Law and Identity brings together a range of Muslim and non Muslim scholars in order to focus on recent debates about the nature of sacred and secular law.