Muslim Women’s Migration Pathways and Their Lived Experiences of Citizenship in Western Norway
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 24237338 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Annam Azeem (0000-0001-9705-984X, University of Stavanger), Line Nyhagen (0000-0002-0715-995X, Loughborough University) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Pages | 1-23 |
| Publication date | 2026-10-18 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | NORA - Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0803-8740 • E-ISSN: 1502-394X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08038740.2026.2741124 |
| OpenAlex | W7213485523 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 60 |
This article explores whether and how the migration pathways of Muslim women in Western Norway influence their experiences of lived religious citizenship. Drawing on the lived religious citizenship framework and qualitative data from semi-structured interviews and a focus group, the study compares Turkish women participants (forced migration/refugee status) and Pakistani women participants (voluntary migration/settled status. Findings show that religion is central to the women’s concept of good citizenship but it also generates tensions, serving as a source of inclusion within migrant communities while leading to exclusion from the majority society due to stereotyping. These tensions are navigated through acts of boundary work. Critically, migration pathways significantly shape these strategies: the Turkish women participants, facing disadvantage and non-recognition due to their refugee status, engage in blurring boundaries to seek inclusion in the majority society, while the more privileged settled Pakistani women participants often reinforce boundaries within migrant networks and also between migrant and non-migrant majority society. The study suggests that different migration pathways influence how Muslim women experience everyday citizenship and belonging.
Boundary-work · Forced migration · inclusion and exclusion · migration routes · Muslim women · Pakistani women · Refugees · religious citizenship · sense of belonging · Turkish women · voluntary migration · Western Norway · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Religion and Society Interactions
Emotions and Belonging in Forced Migration
Thematic Analysis
Minorities within Minorities
Called to Being Religious Muslims
The Way They Treat their Daughters and Wives
Religion, Gender and Citizenship
Lived Religion
Lived Religion as an Emerging Field
Norwegianness as Lived Citizenship Religious Women Doing Identity Work at The Intersections of Nationality, Gender and Religion
Transnational practices and local lives. Quran courses via Skype in Norwegian-Pakistani families
Immigrants and refugees, tourists and vagabonds
Pious Creativity
Beyond the insider–outsider divide in migration research
Becoming an Abla
Towards a transdimensional home
When Women Demand Prayer Space
Towards a Success Story? Turkish Immigrant Organizations in Norway
Fethullah Gülen’s understanding of women’s rights in Islam
Navigating religious diversity
Gender equality and women's empowerment
Religion, Citizenship and Participation
Norwegian-Pakistani Adolescents
Citizenship, Autochthony, and the Question of Forced Migration
Everyday politics of belonging
Belonging and the politics of belonging
Wiping the Refugee Dust from My Feet”
Translocational Belongings
Ethnic Boundary Making
Juxtaposing Pakistani diaspora policy with migrants’ transnational citizenship practices
The Religification of Pakistani-American Youth
Responses to stigmatisation and boundary making
Negotiating Womanhood and Being a Good Muslim
Elementary strategies of ethnic boundary making
A second skin
The Religious Identity of Young Muslim Women in Berlin
Troublesome Threesome
Refugee citizenship
Conceptualizing lived religious citizenship
Inclusive Citizenship
Lived citizenship
Migrants' Multifocal Sedentarism
Perceived discrimination as a major factor behind return migration? The return of Turkish qualified migrants from the USA and Germany
Forced to leave? The discursive and analytical significance of describing migration as forced and voluntary
Travel as hicret
Situated Knowledges
Whiteness, non-whiteness and 'faith information control
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