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Religion, citizenship and participation: a case study of immigrant Muslim women in Norwegian mosques
This article analyses the increasing participation of Muslim women in mosques in Norway in light of current discourses on citizenship, gender and migration. It discusses how various processes in the mosques can be interpreted as contradictory and complex by sometimes increasing the participation of...
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| description | This article analyses the increasing participation of Muslim women in mosques in Norway in light of current discourses on citizenship, gender and migration. It discusses how various processes in the mosques can be interpreted as contradictory and complex by sometimes increasing the participation of women and promoting liberation, while at other times constraining women’s activities through various forms of discipline and control. Women are vital for the building of religious institutions among Muslim immigrant communities, and they are slowly achieving more space in such institutions. They are also being included in new forms of participation in some mosques. Recently, some Muslim women in Norway have made public calls for the reinterpretation of the Qur’an in ways that are more inclusive towards women. Despite pressures from both within and outside the mosques, however, Muslim congregations in Norway can still be described as patriarchal gender regimes where the participation and citizenship of women depends on the willingness of men to include them. |
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| spelling | rr-article-94755442008-01-01T00:00:00Z Religion, citizenship and participation: a case study of immigrant Muslim women in Norwegian mosques Line Nyhagen (1254288) Other human society not elsewhere classified Other language, communication and culture not elsewhere classified Citizenship Gender regime Mosque Muslim women Religion Language, Communication and Culture not elsewhere classified Studies in Human Society not elsewhere classified This article analyses the increasing participation of Muslim women in mosques in Norway in light of current discourses on citizenship, gender and migration. It discusses how various processes in the mosques can be interpreted as contradictory and complex by sometimes increasing the participation of women and promoting liberation, while at other times constraining women’s activities through various forms of discipline and control. Women are vital for the building of religious institutions among Muslim immigrant communities, and they are slowly achieving more space in such institutions. They are also being included in new forms of participation in some mosques. Recently, some Muslim women in Norway have made public calls for the reinterpretation of the Qur’an in ways that are more inclusive towards women. Despite pressures from both within and outside the mosques, however, Muslim congregations in Norway can still be described as patriarchal gender regimes where the participation and citizenship of women depends on the willingness of men to include them. 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Text Journal contribution 2134/7246 https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Religion_citizenship_and_participation_a_case_study_of_immigrant_Muslim_women_in_Norwegian_mosques/9475544 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 |
| spellingShingle | Other human society not elsewhere classified Other language, communication and culture not elsewhere classified Citizenship Gender regime Mosque Muslim women Religion Language, Communication and Culture not elsewhere classified Studies in Human Society not elsewhere classified Line Nyhagen Religion, citizenship and participation: a case study of immigrant Muslim women in Norwegian mosques |
| title | Religion, citizenship and participation: a case study of immigrant Muslim women in Norwegian mosques |
| title_full | Religion, citizenship and participation: a case study of immigrant Muslim women in Norwegian mosques |
| title_fullStr | Religion, citizenship and participation: a case study of immigrant Muslim women in Norwegian mosques |
| title_full_unstemmed | Religion, citizenship and participation: a case study of immigrant Muslim women in Norwegian mosques |
| title_short | Religion, citizenship and participation: a case study of immigrant Muslim women in Norwegian mosques |
| title_sort | religion, citizenship and participation: a case study of immigrant muslim women in norwegian mosques |
| topic | Other human society not elsewhere classified Other language, communication and culture not elsewhere classified Citizenship Gender regime Mosque Muslim women Religion Language, Communication and Culture not elsewhere classified Studies in Human Society not elsewhere classified |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/2134/7246 |