“They have no taste in Morocco.” Home furnishing, belonging, and notions of religious (im)perfection among white Dutch and Flemish converts in Morocco
Abstract This article focuses on furnishing practices in the domestic space of the homes of white Flemish and Dutch Muslim female converts to Islam who made hijra (Islamic migration) to Morocco. Fed up with European Islamophobia and longing for a place that supports and strengthens their faith, they decided to emigrate to a Muslim country. However, remarkably, once settled in Morocco, many experience discontent with regard to a perceived “lack of true Islam” in the country. To gain insight into the positions and experiences of these women, I look at how they create a sense of belonging through... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2021 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Contemporary Islam ; volume 15, issue 1, page 57-82 ; ISSN 1872-0218 1872-0226 |
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Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27460321 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11562-021-00464-4 |