Pub Date : 2022-01-02DOI: 10.1080/13602004.2022.2064054
I. Zahed, B. Jenkins
Abstract The Myanmar (Burmese) government has imposed denationalising policies on the Rohingya Muslim population. This paper argues that the Rohingya are an ethnic group of Burma who have been living in Burma since the eighth century AD. The article confirms an understanding of Rohingya ethnicity. This study is based on primary data from expert in-depth interview and available literature. The paper examines the government’s stand about ethnic cleansing and analyses the contested arguments of Rohingya existence in the Rakhine state of Myanmar. The evidence points to the Rohingya being an ethnic group with an established culture, distinct language, traditions and history, settled in Arakan.
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Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.1080/13602004.2023.2202044
Michael Nollert, Amir Sheikhzadegan
Abstract The pioneer conversion model of Lofland and Stark suggests that people adopt a religion because experiences in their biography motivate them to seek answers regarding the purpose of life, and because they encounter followers of a religion that happens to provide them with convincing answers. We draw on the Lofland-Stark model while considering Lofland’s and Skonovd’s concept of conversion motifs to gain a deeper insight into the convert’s story of adopting a new faith. Furthermore, we integrate Paloutzian’s concept of spiritual transformation into our theoretical framework to cover both conversion and reconversion (reversion). Against this conceptual background and applying a combination of narrative-autobiographical interviews with qualitative network analysis, we interviewed 24 converts and reconverts in Switzerland. Based on the findings, we propose a typology along the dimensions of “seeking answers” and “social contacts”.
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Pub Date : 2021-11-13DOI: 10.1080/13602004.2021.1997270
Hanlie Booysen
The terrorist attack against two Mosques in Christchurch on 15 March 2019 created an elevated interest in Islam and Muslims in Aotearoa/New Zealand. This article describes a course on Islam and Politics, which was designed and taught at a university in A/NZ in the wake of Christchurch 3/15. The audience comprises a majority non-Muslim and minority Muslim students with an academic interest in the relationship between Islam and politics. A Religious Studies programme offered the framework for the delivery of the course, while fearmongering, misinformation, racism and Islamophobia common to Muslim-minority countries influenced its philosophical conception. The 12-week course communicates two key themes: Islam is not a monolith and is complex; and Islamic law is inherently diverse. Nine case-studies augment these themes. Teaching objectives are for students to articulate their own views on contemporary debates concerning Islam and politics and to critique global influences and processes which contribute to the othering of Muslims. Moreover, the course aims to shift students’ perspectives.
{"title":"Teaching “Islam and Politics” in the Wake of the Christchurch Terrorist Attack","authors":"Hanlie Booysen","doi":"10.1080/13602004.2021.1997270","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13602004.2021.1997270","url":null,"abstract":"The terrorist attack against two Mosques in Christchurch on 15 March 2019 created an elevated interest in Islam and Muslims in Aotearoa/New Zealand. This article describes a course on Islam and Politics, which was designed and taught at a university in A/NZ in the wake of Christchurch 3/15. The audience comprises a majority non-Muslim and minority Muslim students with an academic interest in the relationship between Islam and politics. A Religious Studies programme offered the framework for the delivery of the course, while fearmongering, misinformation, racism and Islamophobia common to Muslim-minority countries influenced its philosophical conception. The 12-week course communicates two key themes: Islam is not a monolith and is complex; and Islamic law is inherently diverse. Nine case-studies augment these themes. Teaching objectives are for students to articulate their own views on contemporary debates concerning Islam and politics and to critique global influences and processes which contribute to the othering of Muslims. Moreover, the course aims to shift students’ perspectives.","PeriodicalId":45523,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2021-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41857140","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-10-02DOI: 10.1080/13602004.2022.2029014
N. Kabir
ABSTRACT Yemenis have a long history of settlement in America. First-generation Yemenis have mainly worked as laborers in agriculture and car manufacturing, and some second-generation Yemenis attend educational institutions. Today, Yemen is facing sectarian and regional conflicts, which are affecting Yemeni Americans. In this paper, I investigate the identity of young Yemeni Muslims in Michigan and New York. This paper uses grounded theory and is based on data from interviews with five participants that I conducted in 2010 and 2017; and arts and crafts of newly arrived Yemeni youths displayed in an exhibition in 2017. I conclude that young Yemeni-American Muslims are likely to identify with America because of their resilience and optimism. The policy makers and the wider society should make an effort to make America an inclusive society so that the new Yemeni arrivals in the United States do not feel distressed with the war-torn conditions back home.
{"title":"A Study of Young Yemeni-American Muslims’ Identity, 2010–2021","authors":"N. Kabir","doi":"10.1080/13602004.2022.2029014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13602004.2022.2029014","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Yemenis have a long history of settlement in America. First-generation Yemenis have mainly worked as laborers in agriculture and car manufacturing, and some second-generation Yemenis attend educational institutions. Today, Yemen is facing sectarian and regional conflicts, which are affecting Yemeni Americans. In this paper, I investigate the identity of young Yemeni Muslims in Michigan and New York. This paper uses grounded theory and is based on data from interviews with five participants that I conducted in 2010 and 2017; and arts and crafts of newly arrived Yemeni youths displayed in an exhibition in 2017. I conclude that young Yemeni-American Muslims are likely to identify with America because of their resilience and optimism. The policy makers and the wider society should make an effort to make America an inclusive society so that the new Yemeni arrivals in the United States do not feel distressed with the war-torn conditions back home.","PeriodicalId":45523,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs","volume":"41 1","pages":"627 - 642"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2021-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46706259","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-10-02DOI: 10.1080/13602004.2022.2028462
Mohamed Zacky Mohamed Fouz, M. Moniruzzaman
Abstract In post-war Sri Lanka waves of anti-Muslim riots and violence has become a common trend. This paper critically analyses how the century old Sinhala Buddhist majoritarian ideology contributes to the post-war anti-Muslim violence in Sri Lanka. This paper argues that post-war Islamophobia and anti-Muslim violence is not just a matter of political gambling or electoral strategy of political parties. Instead, it resulted from the deep-rooted extreme Buddhist majoritarian ideology that tries to drive the state and the society towards an exclusive Buddhist state. The ideology creates a cultural legitimacy to criminalize the Muslims as “invaders” and “the other” within Sri Lanka. This cultural cover up has led to epidemic direct and structural violence across the island. Hence, this paper suggests that the conflict management process should diverted towards structural changes, which includes both the constitutional and educational aspects, into account, rather than depending solely on the civil society driven inter-community co-existence projects.
{"title":"The Muslim Minority-Phobia in Context: A Critical Study on Majoritarian Ideology and the Structural Roots of Anti-Muslim Phenomenon in the Post-War Sri Lanka","authors":"Mohamed Zacky Mohamed Fouz, M. Moniruzzaman","doi":"10.1080/13602004.2022.2028462","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13602004.2022.2028462","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In post-war Sri Lanka waves of anti-Muslim riots and violence has become a common trend. This paper critically analyses how the century old Sinhala Buddhist majoritarian ideology contributes to the post-war anti-Muslim violence in Sri Lanka. This paper argues that post-war Islamophobia and anti-Muslim violence is not just a matter of political gambling or electoral strategy of political parties. Instead, it resulted from the deep-rooted extreme Buddhist majoritarian ideology that tries to drive the state and the society towards an exclusive Buddhist state. The ideology creates a cultural legitimacy to criminalize the Muslims as “invaders” and “the other” within Sri Lanka. This cultural cover up has led to epidemic direct and structural violence across the island. Hence, this paper suggests that the conflict management process should diverted towards structural changes, which includes both the constitutional and educational aspects, into account, rather than depending solely on the civil society driven inter-community co-existence projects.","PeriodicalId":45523,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs","volume":"41 1","pages":"719 - 729"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2021-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44719611","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-10-02DOI: 10.1080/13602004.2022.2029012
Maha el Biadi, Hanane Zih
Abstract This paper investigates the way passivization and nominalization are used to represent Muslims in the language of one of the most prominent British online newspapers, The Times. The study, which adopts the Critical Discourse Analysis approach, aims to achieve this objective by comparing the way Muslim and non-Muslim subjects are talked about, to eventually see if there is any differential treatment in the discourse of the newspaper under investigation. The study analyses ten randomly selected news articles reporting stories about shootings and bombings, which got a substantial amount of media coverage. The results show that passivization is used more frequently in the articles about non-Muslim attackers, while nominalization displays a different pattern by being used more frequently in the articles talking about Muslim subjects. The way Muslim subjects are represented in the newspaper texts is believed to contribute to the reinforcement of some negative and widespread stereotypical images about Muslims and Islam.
{"title":"Representation of Muslims through Passivization and Nominalization in British News Media Discourse: The Times Online Newspaper as a Case Study","authors":"Maha el Biadi, Hanane Zih","doi":"10.1080/13602004.2022.2029012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13602004.2022.2029012","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This paper investigates the way passivization and nominalization are used to represent Muslims in the language of one of the most prominent British online newspapers, The Times. The study, which adopts the Critical Discourse Analysis approach, aims to achieve this objective by comparing the way Muslim and non-Muslim subjects are talked about, to eventually see if there is any differential treatment in the discourse of the newspaper under investigation. The study analyses ten randomly selected news articles reporting stories about shootings and bombings, which got a substantial amount of media coverage. The results show that passivization is used more frequently in the articles about non-Muslim attackers, while nominalization displays a different pattern by being used more frequently in the articles talking about Muslim subjects. The way Muslim subjects are represented in the newspaper texts is believed to contribute to the reinforcement of some negative and widespread stereotypical images about Muslims and Islam.","PeriodicalId":45523,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs","volume":"41 1","pages":"685 - 702"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2021-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45552215","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-10-02DOI: 10.1080/13602004.2022.2032900
Kashif Mansoor
Abstract Muslims are one of the most socially and economically backward communities compared with other religious groups in India. The present study was undertaken to examine the labor market outcomes for Muslims in India in comparison with other dominant religious groups in the country, especially the Hindus. Based on the employment survey of 2011-12, the paper finds that as compared with Hindus, Muslims are concentrated mainly in self-employment and lesser in regular salaried employment, which often comes with social security. Muslim workers are engaged in low-tech industries such as manufacturing of wearing apparel, textiles, tobacco products, and leather products. In addition, Muslims occupy the lower rungs of occupations such as salespersons, drivers, street vendors, mining and construction laborers, transport laborers, and freight handlers, which explains their poor economic status. Their marginalization is further exacerbated by stiff competition with other dominant religious groups, poor capital investment, and lack of direct access to output markets directly.
{"title":"Status of Employment and Occupations of Muslims in India: Evidence from a Household Survey – 2011–2012","authors":"Kashif Mansoor","doi":"10.1080/13602004.2022.2032900","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13602004.2022.2032900","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Muslims are one of the most socially and economically backward communities compared with other religious groups in India. The present study was undertaken to examine the labor market outcomes for Muslims in India in comparison with other dominant religious groups in the country, especially the Hindus. Based on the employment survey of 2011-12, the paper finds that as compared with Hindus, Muslims are concentrated mainly in self-employment and lesser in regular salaried employment, which often comes with social security. Muslim workers are engaged in low-tech industries such as manufacturing of wearing apparel, textiles, tobacco products, and leather products. In addition, Muslims occupy the lower rungs of occupations such as salespersons, drivers, street vendors, mining and construction laborers, transport laborers, and freight handlers, which explains their poor economic status. Their marginalization is further exacerbated by stiff competition with other dominant religious groups, poor capital investment, and lack of direct access to output markets directly.","PeriodicalId":45523,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs","volume":"41 1","pages":"742 - 762"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2021-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45064517","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-10-02DOI: 10.1080/13602004.2022.2034683
Siti Zunairah Binte Abdul Malee, Mohd Abd Wahab Fatoni Bin Mohd Balwi
Abstract Singapore is a cosmopolitan city-nation in Southeast Asia which has a Muslim minority population. Mosques in Singapore play a crucial role in various aspects of the local Muslims’ life and have great potential in ensuring the welfare of the surrounding society. Therefore, it is of utmost importance for the mosque management to continue uplifting and to sustain its multi-functionality in this era of modernization. This study focuses on three main aspects of sustainability, which are environment and facilities, social as well as financial and economic. The research aims to explore approaches taken by a mosque to ensure its sustainability in the foreseeable future. Interviews were carried out among the mosque management committee members.
{"title":"Ensuring Environment, Social & Financial Sustainability during a Pandemic: The Story of a Singapore Mosque","authors":"Siti Zunairah Binte Abdul Malee, Mohd Abd Wahab Fatoni Bin Mohd Balwi","doi":"10.1080/13602004.2022.2034683","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13602004.2022.2034683","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Singapore is a cosmopolitan city-nation in Southeast Asia which has a Muslim minority population. Mosques in Singapore play a crucial role in various aspects of the local Muslims’ life and have great potential in ensuring the welfare of the surrounding society. Therefore, it is of utmost importance for the mosque management to continue uplifting and to sustain its multi-functionality in this era of modernization. This study focuses on three main aspects of sustainability, which are environment and facilities, social as well as financial and economic. The research aims to explore approaches taken by a mosque to ensure its sustainability in the foreseeable future. Interviews were carried out among the mosque management committee members.","PeriodicalId":45523,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs","volume":"41 1","pages":"703 - 718"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2021-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45388584","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-10-02DOI: 10.1080/13602004.2022.2034681
S. Whyte
Abstract This article examines how Muslim religious actors exert their collective authority within institutional settings. It focuses primarily on the role of the Australian National Imams Council (ANIC). The article examines ANIC's formation as a clerical organization and its role in qualifying, recruiting and monitoring imams in Australia. It draws on fieldwork data conducted between 2018-2019 and includes in-depth interviews with imams and sheikhs as well as ANIC members, Muslim academics and educators in the field of Islamic studies. The study includes survey data collected from members of the Muslim community about ANIC's legitimacy as a nation-wide representative council of imams. It investigates the extent to which participants recognize and contest ANIC's authority based on its interaction, inclusion and transparency with the wider Muslim community. The article concludes that ANIC operates with the goal of legitimizing its religious authority through its organizational structure, traditional Islamic schooling and social activism in a localized Australian context.
{"title":"Institutionalising Islamic Religious Authority in Australia: The Case of the Australian National Imams Council","authors":"S. Whyte","doi":"10.1080/13602004.2022.2034681","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13602004.2022.2034681","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This article examines how Muslim religious actors exert their collective authority within institutional settings. It focuses primarily on the role of the Australian National Imams Council (ANIC). The article examines ANIC's formation as a clerical organization and its role in qualifying, recruiting and monitoring imams in Australia. It draws on fieldwork data conducted between 2018-2019 and includes in-depth interviews with imams and sheikhs as well as ANIC members, Muslim academics and educators in the field of Islamic studies. The study includes survey data collected from members of the Muslim community about ANIC's legitimacy as a nation-wide representative council of imams. It investigates the extent to which participants recognize and contest ANIC's authority based on its interaction, inclusion and transparency with the wider Muslim community. The article concludes that ANIC operates with the goal of legitimizing its religious authority through its organizational structure, traditional Islamic schooling and social activism in a localized Australian context.","PeriodicalId":45523,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs","volume":"41 1","pages":"551 - 575"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2021-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48745911","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-10-02DOI: 10.1080/13602004.2022.2034679
Mujahida M. Ibrahim, R. Musthafa, F. Marikar
Abstract This research examines parental involvement and academic achievement of children in the Sri Lankan Muslims ethnic minority living in the UK compared with the Sri Lankan Muslims living in Sri Lanka. Academic achievement of children was measured by selecting children who completed two-year end examination in 2020. Data were collected from 20 parents of children in each population and analysed with SPSS software. The perception of the community in the UK that the “academic achievement of their children is poor” has been proved wrong with a statistically highly significant performance record. The local Sri Lankans in Sri Lanka have been addressed, and there are no significant differences in the academic achievement between both populations.
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