The Organisation of Prayer Rooms in Educational Institutions in Denmark : Moderate Secularism Between Perception and Practice
(2022) In Nordic Journal of Religion and Society 35(2). p.96-110- Abstract
- In 2017, the Danish parliament discussed prayer rooms at educational institutions in a broadly publicised controversy. The debate followed a series of issues arising from such institutions’ changing demography, resulting in increased Muslim presence. Beneath the public and parliamentary debate in 2017, civil servants in ministries and educational institutions became highly engaged in negotiating what a prayer room is, on what legal grounds it could be established, and how local institutions should deal with it. Based on the data collected by the ministries, this paper provides an overview of the prayer rooms at educational institutions in Denmark and civil servants’ approaches to these rooms. It points out that prayer rooms in Denmark are... (More)
- In 2017, the Danish parliament discussed prayer rooms at educational institutions in a broadly publicised controversy. The debate followed a series of issues arising from such institutions’ changing demography, resulting in increased Muslim presence. Beneath the public and parliamentary debate in 2017, civil servants in ministries and educational institutions became highly engaged in negotiating what a prayer room is, on what legal grounds it could be established, and how local institutions should deal with it. Based on the data collected by the ministries, this paper provides an overview of the prayer rooms at educational institutions in Denmark and civil servants’ approaches to these rooms. It points out that prayer rooms in Denmark are mainly established and used by Christian youth organisations and not Muslims, in contrast to the general opinion. (Less)
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- author
- Bobrowicz, Ryszard
LU
and Saggau, Emil Bjørn Hilton LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2022-12-02
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Prayer Rooms, Denmark, Civil Servants, Higher Education, Islam
- in
- Nordic Journal of Religion and Society
- volume
- 35
- issue
- 2
- pages
- 15 pages
- publisher
- Akademika forlag
- ISSN
- 0809-7291
- DOI
- 10.18261/njrs.35.2.3
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- c22df3fe-8aa3-4313-8d00-c8756ba32c9f
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- 2022-10-11 13:10:59
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