Embodying and consuming modernity on Muslim pilgrimage: gendered shopping and clothing practices by Malaysian women on “<i>umrah</i>and<i>ziarah</i>Dubai”

Thimm, Viola

doi:10.1080/1683478x.2018.1483477

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“…Traditionally black in colour, both abaya and sheyla can have subtle ornaments. The social development of this type of clothing is regularly legitimised through references to the Qur'an, although the holy book does not explicitly mention a black, anklelength dress (Thimm 2015(Thimm , 2018.…”

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“…The abaya is a sought-after female garment in Malaysia because it is highly associated with the holy land (haramain) (Thimm 2015(Thimm , 2018. Centred in the midst of the Arabian Peninsula, Dubai plays a relevant role concerning the abaya due to its bustling fashion market targeting Muslims (Al-Qasimi 2010).…”

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“…In sum, 277 qualitative interviews, discussions and conversations in various forms and lengths were conducted with 217 people. However, not all of these interviews focused on transregional connectivities through Muslim fashion but were also related to broader research questions on Muslim mobility, gender and consumption (see Thimm 2015Thimm , 2017Thimm , 2018Thimm , 2021. The interviews were primarily open and narrative, and all of them were transcribed.…”

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Muslim Fashion: Challenging Transregional Connectivities between Malaysia and the Arabian Peninsula

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2021

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In Malaysia, a Muslim-majority country in Southeast Asia, a dynamic market for Muslim fashion has evolved over the past decade, especially concerning the abaya, a female Muslim dress. Malay Malaysian designers, producers and consumers focus on this garment because it represents a style of female Islamic clothing that is perceived as ‘authentic’. The abaya originates from the Arabian Peninsula and is generally worn by Arabic Muslim women with a syariah-compliant design that is commonly simple, loose and opaque. Embedded into the broader marketising processes of a halal industry in Malaysia, Malay women started to adopt this material object and transformed it into a distinct expression of Malaysian Muslim style. The original abaya that follows Islamic rules became a colourful and decorated dress. This transformative process is not only an expression of variation in fashion and style but profoundly transcends powerful social, placial and spatial orders within the Muslim world. The Malaysian fashion market for abayas is embedded in wider dynamics of sacred landscaping in which the Arabian Peninsula is considered to be the ‘centre of Islam’ while Malaysia is positioned and positions itself at the margins. However, Malay Malaysian social actors have shifted this constellation towards a Malaysia that has pushed itself to the forefront of a commercialising Islam through the development of the related Muslim fashion market, among other things. Thus, within a Muslim world order, transregional connections lead to an entangled web of meaning-making regarding power structures, Islamic principles and social practices.

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