Muslim Converts in the Netherlands and the Quest for a "Culture-Free" Islam

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3786247
AutoresVanessa Vroon-Najem (0000-0001-7032-3823, autor correspondente)
Ano2019
Volume186
Páginas33-51
Data de publicação2019-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoArchives de sciences sociales des religions (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0335-5985 • E-ISSN: 1777-5825
EditoraOpenEdition (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4000/assr.45579
OpenAlexW2955520112
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7
Referências citadas28

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 Netherlands, this quest seems to be a joint effort of converts and young "born" Muslims alike. Using a discourse of Islamic brother/sisterhood, Muslims from a variety of backgrounds come together, in search of "true Islam

Brother · Ethnic group · Islam · Islamic studies · Political science · Sociology · Theology · Anthropology · Asian Studies and History · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender · Philosophy · Religious studies