Racializing the Good Muslim
Muslim White Adjacency and Black Muslim Activism in South Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3236864 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rhea Rahman (City University of New York, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 58 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-15 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel12010058 |
| OpenAlex | W3119664307 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 37 |
Founded in Birmingham, England in 1984, Islamic Relief is today the world's largest and most-recognized Western-based Islamically-inspired non-governmental organization. Framed by an analysis of processes of racialization, I argue that Islamic Relief operationalizes not a singular, but multiple Muslim humanitarianisms. I examine what I suggest are competing racial projects of distinct humanitarianisms with regards to HIV and AIDS, health, and wellness. I consider the racial implications of British state-based soft-power interventions that seek to de-radicalize Muslims towards appropriately 'moderate' perspectives on gender and sexuality. In South Africa, I argue that Black Muslim staff embrace grassroots efforts aimed towards addressing the material and social conditions of their community, with a focus on economic self-determination and self-sufficiency. I claim that the orientation of these Black Muslim grassroots initiatives denotes a humanitarianism of another kind that challenges the material and ethical implications of a humanitarianism framed within a logic of global white supremacy, and that is conditioned by racial capitalism
Geography · Grassroots · Human sexuality · Islam · Masculinity · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Racialization · Sociology · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Gender Studies · Law · Religion, Society, and Development · South African History and Culture
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| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |