Managing spoiled identity: the case of Polish female converts to Islam

This is the first systematic study of Polish women's conversion to Islam in English. Through interviews with Polish female converts to Islam and ethnographic observation, we learn about their journey to Islam in a country where Muslims constitute less than 0,5% of the population and experience...

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Autres titres:The case of Polish female converts to Islam
Auteurs: Abdallah-Krzepkowska, Beata (Auteur) ; Górak-Sosnowska, Katarzyna (Auteur) ; Krotofil, Joanna (Auteur) ; Piela, Anna (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Livre
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Leiden Boston Brill 2023
Dans:Année: 2023
Collection/Revue:Muslim Minorities volume 41
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2023
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Polonais / Großbritannien / Polonaise / Musulmane / Conversion (Religion)
Sujets non-standardisés:B Muslim converts from Christianity (Poland. )
B Muslims (Poland. )
B Islam (Poland. )
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Édition parallèle:Non-électronique
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Résumé:This is the first systematic study of Polish women's conversion to Islam in English. Through interviews with Polish female converts to Islam and ethnographic observation, we learn about their journey to Islam in a country where Muslims constitute less than 0,5% of the population and experience daily struggles related to maintaining their national and religious identities sometimes considered to be spoiled. The analysis presented in the book illuminates different factors that shape the converts' religious lives: attempts to establish "Polish Islam" with its unique cultural flavor; a new hybrid language that includes Polish, English and Arabic elements; intersectional identities as women, Muslims, Poles, and Eastern European immigrants among those who live outside of Poland. This study offers a fascinating window into the lives of Muslims in a sociopolitical context that is considered to be on the margins of the "Muslim world."
ISBN:9004529543
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/9789004529540