Pious Practice and Secular Constraints
Women in the Islamic Revival in Europe
- 272 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
The visible increase in religious practice among young European-born Muslims has provoked public anxiety. New government regulations seek not only to restrict Islamic practices within the public sphere, but also to shape Muslims', and especially women's, personal conduct. Pious Practice and Secular Constraints chronicles the everyday ethical struggles of women active in orthodox and socially conservative Islamic revival circles as they are torn between their quest for a pious lifestyle and their aspirations to counter negative representations of Muslims within the mainstream society.
Jeanette S. Jouili conducted fieldwork in France and Germany to investigate how pious Muslim women grapple with religious expression: for example, when to wear a headscarf, where to pray throughout the day, and how to maintain modest interactions between men and women. Her analysis stresses the various ethical dilemmas the women confronted in negotiating these religious duties within a secular public sphere. In conversation with Islamic and Western thinkers, Jouili teases out the important ethical-political implications of these struggles, ultimately arguing that Muslim moral agency, surprisingly reinvigorated rather than hampered by the increasingly hostile climate in Europe, encourages us to think about the contribution of non-secular civic virtues for shaping a pluralist Europe.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Copyright
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Transcription and Translation
- 1. Practicing Islam in Inhospitable Environments
- 2. “I Want to Instruct Myself to Strengthen My Faith”: Learning in Islamic Institutions
- 3. “Your Nafs Pulls You Down, Your Spirit Up”: Struggling for Virtue
- 4. “My Label Is Not a Feminist, It Is Simply Muslim”: Beyond Emancipation versus Submission
- 5. “A Housewife with a Diploma?” Educated Women in the Family and the Workplace
- 6. Visibly Muslim: Negotiating Presence in Public Spheres
- 7. Pious Citizens
- Notes
- References
- Index