Post‐conversion experiences of native British converts to Islam

Köse, Ali̇

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“…Studies of conversion to Islam in particular have found that conversion involves a gradual seeking process in which a person evaluates religious options before deciding to become Muslim (e.g., Poston 1992). Sociologist of religion Ali Köse's studies of British converts to Islam in the United Kingdom acknowledge the continuity that many participants experienced between their previous faith traditions and Islam (Köse 1994). Köse also found that converts made an ongoing transition to become Muslims after pronouncing their declaration of faith by learning to pray in Arabic, participating in Islamic practices, and adopting a new lifestyle (1999).…”

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Information Sharing as Embodied Practice in a Context of Conversion to Islam

Guzik¹

2018

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This article works to extend two emerging areas in information scholarship: religious practice and embodiment. By reporting on completed research about information practices among Muslim converts in the Toronto, Ontario, Canada area (Guzik 2017), this article reveals how information is shared in the context of religious transitions that take place within a contentious political landscape. Research was guided by ethnography and involved participant observation, semistructured interviews, and timeline drawings (Bagnoli 2009; Sheridan, Chamberlain, and Dupuis 2011). While additional themes related to navigation and authority were identified through the use of constructivist grounded theory (Charmaz 2006), this article focuses specifically on how research participants express and exchange information through nonwritten sources such as clothing items, spoken words, and creative products. The article considers the visibility of information when it is carried on the body as religious symbols, and the implications that this visibility has for accessing expertise, places of worship, and secular public spaces. It also highlights how creative pursuits allow Muslim converts to become information producers and publishers, rather than mere consumers. These roles of production may involve written documents (e.g. sacred texts, scholarly articles, blog posts), but they are primarily expressed through physical actions and spoken words.

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Information Sharing as Embodied Practice in a Context of Conversion to Islam

Guzik¹

2018

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“…Taym is from Syria and Omar is from Egypt. They all display ways to disconnect from religion, all of which have different characterisations (see, for example, Gooren 2010 on disaffiliation; Cottee 2015 and Zuckerman 2012 on apostasy and unbelief; Flynn 2007 on irreligiosity; and Köse 1996 on deconversion and conversion). For example, some interviewees are now non-practicing Muslims who do not uphold Islamic views or rituals but still feel they belong to the community of Muslims (Umma) in the sense of "belonging without believing" .…”

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Handbook of Leaving Religion

Day

2023

Religion

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This is an open access title distributed under the terms of the CC BY-NC 4.0 license, which permits any non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. Further information and the complete license text can be found at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/ by-nc/4.0/ The terms of the CC license apply only to the original material. The use of material from other sources (indicated by a reference) such as diagrams, illustrations, photos and text samples may require further permission from the respective copyright holder.An electronic version of this book is freely available, thanks to the support of libraries working with Knowledge Unlatched. More information about the initiative can be found at www .knowledgeunlatched.org.

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“…Conversion has historically been a popular topic in the study of religion. There has been a particular interest in conversion to Islam in Western contexts (see, among others, King 2017;Köse 1994;McGinty 2006;Özyürek 2014;Roald 2012;Wohlrab-Sahr 2006;van Nieuwkerk 2006van Nieuwkerk , 2008. It has in turn been argued that the concept of 'deconversion' (see, among others, Barbour 1994;Streib et al 2009) should be utilized when people move out of religion, which Barbour (1994, 2) defines as simply 'a loss of faith '.…”

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‘It’s Not Just about Faith’: Narratives of Transformation When Moving Out of Islam in the Netherlands and Britain

Vliek

2019

Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations

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This article investigates the narratives of people with Islamic backgrounds in the Netherlands and Britain who have moved out of Islam. Rather than focusing primarily on 'leaving faith' (i.e. a predominantly negative and religiously centred approach), it will present four types of thematic trajectories that consider the broader life-worlds and experiences of the interlocutors. These themes will illustrate the relative weight of the religious voice in trajectories, rather than presupposing the centrality of religion in one's (former) identity or trajectory. It will thereby display a broader understanding of the interlocutors' experiences as being in a negative relation to religion alone: not only religious, but also political, social, ethnic and gender boundaries provided the contexts in which people moved out of Islam. The themes ('religious break', 'social break-away', 'the entrance' and 'unconscious secularization') will be illustrated by four case studies. A fifth case will be presented to illustrate the potency of the intertwinement of the themes. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Post‐conversion experiences of native British converts to Islam

Cited by 17 publications

References 8 publications

Information Sharing as Embodied Practice in a Context of Conversion to Islam

Information Sharing as Embodied Practice in a Context of Conversion to Islam

Handbook of Leaving Religion

‘It’s Not Just about Faith’: Narratives of Transformation When Moving Out of Islam in the Netherlands and Britain

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