Observing the Sunni-Shiʿa Divide in Fieldwork
The When and Where of Muslim Identities
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13061264 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jesper Petersen (0000-0001-6807-1321, Lund University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 58-76 |
| Publication date | 2023-03-07 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Muslims in Europe (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2211-792X • E-ISSN: 2211-7954 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/22117954-bja10077 |
| OpenAlex | W4327694566 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
Based on an ethnographic study of non-conformist mosques, this article demonstrates how Muslims may adopt a Sunni or Shiʿa identity while navigating spaces that are institutionalised as such but give much less importance to this identity – if any – when occupying less structured spaces. It may, for example, have little influence on what religious literature they read, which preachers they follow on social media, and how they practise religion in everyday life. The article argues that research methodologies must be properly sensitised to this. Otherwise, they risk making the Sunni–Shiʿa identity hypervisible, thus producing the divide rather than investigating it
Aesthetics · Conformist · Epistemology · Ethnography · Everyday life · Identity (music · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Anthropology · Education and Islamic Studies · Gender Studies · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Philosophy · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |