2022
DOI: 10.1177/14661381221134432
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Giving and belonging: Religious networks of Sub-Saharan African Muslims in Guangzhou, China

Abstract: This paper presents empirical data on how religious giving structures African Muslims’ transnational lives in Guangzhou, China. It provides insight into mechanisms of mutual aid within a socially and economically marginalized migrant group in a Muslim-minority society. I argue that in this context Islamic charitable giving helps enable African Muslims to cope with everyday challenges, especially those related to their tenuous immigration statuses and social exclusion. Giving that promotes mutual charity is esp… Show more

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