Vanessa Vroon-Najem
Biographic Data
| ID | 1346929 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vanessa Vroon-Najem |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vanessa |
| FAMILY NAME | Vroon-Najem |
| SIGNATURE | VROON-NAJEM V |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Amsterdam |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7032-3823 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Making Hijra’
Drawing on long term research – including topical life stories, interviews and participant observation – we analyze how women converts to Islam in the Netherlands signify and experience making hijra . Our interlocutors, all observant Muslims, had left the Netherlands between the late 1990s and the mid 2010s. In the course of the last 5 years many have again returned to the Netherlands. Their life courses indicate that physical and existential mob…
Muslim Converts in the Netherlands and the Quest for a "Culture-Free" Islam
Through a focus on questions of ethnic, national, and religious belonging among converts to Islam in the Netherlands, this article addresses the interplay between "born" Muslims and converts in their quest for a "culture-free" Islam. Converts are often critical of Muslims' habitual practice of Islam, which they term "cultural Islam." This trend has been observed by several scholars on conversion across Europe. Different from these studies, in the…
Secular Rule and Islamic Ethics
From the mid-2000s, Dutch policy makers, the media, and others have started to define Muslim-only marriages as a problem. This contribution unpacks a recent hype, when a Dutch TV station broadcasted the conclusion of a polygamous marriage at a mosque, while simultaneously the largest right-wing political party presented an initiative to further criminalize Muslim-only marriages. In both the TV program and the policy initiative, the same feminist …
Making Hijra’
Drawing on long term research – including topical life stories, interviews and participant observation – we analyze how women converts to Islam in the Netherlands signify and experience making hijra . Our interlocutors, all observant Muslims, had left the Netherlands between the late 1990s and the mid 2010s. In the course of the last 5 years many have again returned to the Netherlands. Their life courses indicate that physical and existential mob…
Secular Rule and Islamic Ethics
From the mid-2000s, Dutch policy makers, the media, and others have started to define Muslim-only marriages as a problem. This contribution unpacks a recent hype, when a Dutch TV station broadcasted the conclusion of a polygamous marriage at a mosque, while simultaneously the largest right-wing political party presented an initiative to further criminalize Muslim-only marriages. In both the TV program and the policy initiative, the same feminist …
Muslim Converts in the Netherlands and the Quest for a "Culture-Free" Islam
Through a focus on questions of ethnic, national, and religious belonging among converts to Islam in the Netherlands, this article addresses the interplay between "born" Muslims and converts in their quest for a "culture-free" Islam. Converts are often critical of Muslims' habitual practice of Islam, which they term "cultural Islam." This trend has been observed by several scholars on conversion across Europe. Different from these studies, in the…
Secular Rule and Islamic Ethics
From the mid-2000s, Dutch policy makers, the media, and others have started to define Muslim-only marriages as a problem. This contribution unpacks a recent hype, when a Dutch TV station broadcasted the conclusion of a polygamous marriage at a mosque, while simultaneously the largest right-wing political party presented an initiative to further criminalize Muslim-only marriages. In both the TV program and the policy initiative, the same feminist …
Muslim Converts in the Netherlands and the Quest for a "Culture-Free" Islam
Through a focus on questions of ethnic, national, and religious belonging among converts to Islam in the Netherlands, this article addresses the interplay between "born" Muslims and converts in their quest for a "culture-free" Islam. Converts are often critical of Muslims' habitual practice of Islam, which they term "cultural Islam." This trend has been observed by several scholars on conversion across Europe. Different from these studies, in the…
Making Hijra’
Drawing on long term research – including topical life stories, interviews and participant observation – we analyze how women converts to Islam in the Netherlands signify and experience making hijra . Our interlocutors, all observant Muslims, had left the Netherlands between the late 1990s and the mid 2010s. In the course of the last 5 years many have again returned to the Netherlands. Their life courses indicate that physical and existential mob…
Islam (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (2 works)