Muslim women in Ireland
Shanneik, Yafa LU
(2015)
In Muslims in Ireland: Past and Present
p.193-215
- Abstract
- This chapter explores the experiences of Muslim women, both migrants and converts, in Ireland. For migrant Muslim women an attachment to the particular cultural understanding of Islam in their countries of origin is dominant. Irish converts likewise do not constitute a monolithic entity but also espouse various understandings of Islam, from Salafism to cultural definitions of Islam of the converts’ spouses. This part discusses how Muslim women of different ethnic and national backgrounds and socio-economic and educational status relate to and interact with Irish society. The different types of “diaspora spaces” Muslim women carve out in Irish society are examined. The nature of these spaces depends on the sectarian-cum-ideological... (More)
- This chapter explores the experiences of Muslim women, both migrants and converts, in Ireland. For migrant Muslim women an attachment to the particular cultural understanding of Islam in their countries of origin is dominant. Irish converts likewise do not constitute a monolithic entity but also espouse various understandings of Islam, from Salafism to cultural definitions of Islam of the converts’ spouses. This part discusses how Muslim women of different ethnic and national backgrounds and socio-economic and educational status relate to and interact with Irish society. The different types of “diaspora spaces” Muslim women carve out in Irish society are examined. The nature of these spaces depends on the sectarian-cum-ideological orientations (Salafi, Ikhwani, Shii etc.) and the reasons for migration and settlement (asylum, education, professional training, labour migration etc.) of these women. (Less)
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- author
- Shanneik, Yafa
LU
- publishing date
- 2015-04
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- gender and islam, muslim women, conversion, algeria, iraq, sudan, muslim brotherhood, salafism
- host publication
- Muslims in Ireland : Past and Present - Past and Present
- series title
- Muslims in Ireland: Past and Present
- editor
- Scharbrodt, Oliver ; Sakaranaho, Tuula ; Khan, Adil Hussain ; Shanneik, Yafa and Ibrahim, Vivian
- pages
- 23 pages
- publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- external identifiers
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- scopus:84973493581
- ISBN
- 9780748696888
- 9781474412230
- DOI
- 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748696888.003.0009
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- no
- id
- 273881ed-3683-4cda-ac70-10c0230f52c4
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- 2024-05-16 14:21:09
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