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“Every soul shall taste death.” Attitudes and beliefs of Moroccan muslim women living in Antwerp (Belgium) toward dying, death, and the afterlife

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ID21101774
AuthorsChaïma Ahaddour (0000-0001-5587-0351, Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, KU Leuven (Research Unit of Theological and Comparative Ethics), Leuven, Belgium, corresponding author), Bert Broeckaert (0000-0002-1794-4118, Comparative Ethics and Medical Ethics, Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, KU Leuven (Research Unit of Theological and Comparative Ethics), Leuven, Belgium), Stef Van den Branden (Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, KU Leuven (Research Unit of Theological and Comparative Ethics), Leuven, Belgium)
Year2019
Volume43
Issue1
Pages41-55
Publication date2019-01-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDeath Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0748-1187 • E-ISSN: 1091-7683
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07481187.2018.1437096
PMID29482464
OpenAlexW2789981093
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited24

This study aims to elicit the beliefs and attitudes of middle-aged and elderly Moroccan Muslim women toward dying, death, and the afterlife; to identify whether differences are observable between middle-aged and elderly participants and to document how the actual attitudes of our participants relate to normative Islamic literature. Interviews were conducted with middle-aged and elderly Moroccan women living in Belgium (n = 30) and with experts in the field (n = 15). This study reveals that the belief in an omnipotent and omniscient God and in an afterlife strongly marks the attitudes of first- and second-generation Muslims in Belgium toward life and death

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Citations per year1
Citation span2018 - 2025 (8)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
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