The conversion process in stages: new Muslims in the twenty-first century

Roald, Anne Sofie

doi:10.1080/09596410.2012.676782

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“…Across Europe, a cohort of young Muslim women is popularizing new styles of modest fashion that combines mainstream trends with inventive forms of hijab and Islamic clothing (Lewis 2013;Moors 2009;Moors 2013;Rambo and Bauman 2012;Tarlo 1996;Tarlo and Moors 2013;Van Nieuwkerk 2014). This phenomenon can be seen in the Netherlands (Bartels 2000;Hass and Lutek 2019;Moors 2007;Van Nieuwkerk 2004;Van Nieuwkerk 2014;Vroon 2014), Finland (Almila 2016), Sweden (Roald 2004;Roald 2012), Scotland (Boulanouar 2006), Germany (Ozyurek 2010;Özyürek 2014), France (Bowen 2010;Bowen 2007), and Belgium (Coene and Longman 2008); see also in Rosenberger and Sauer 2013 for more about France, Germany, Austria, Greece, Denmark, UK, Bulgaria and the Netherlands as regards the relationship between veiling and narratives of belonging. One main argument of this book is that the discourse of the veil cuts across and critiques interrelated domains, policies, narratives of national belonging and secularism.…”

Section: Islamic Fashionmentioning

confidence: 92%

The Burka Ban: Islamic Dress, Freedom and Choice in The Netherlands in Light of the 2019 Burka Ban Law

Hass

2020

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This article, part of an evolving and large project, examines the relationship between clothing, freedom and choice, and specifically Islamic dress in shaping the identity of Dutch Muslim women after the Burka Ban that was voted into law on 1 August 2019 in the Netherlands. It discusses the debates before and after this date, as well as the background to the ban. A veil covering the face is a garment worn by some Muslim women to adhere to an interpretation of hijab (modest dress). It can be referred to as a burqa or niqab. In the aftermath of the Burka Ban that prompted considerable public alarm on the part of Muslim men and women, niqab-wearing women, as well as women who do not wear a veil, but are in solidarity with their niqabi sisters, raised a number of questions that form the basis for the analysis presented here: how do Dutch Muslim women shape their identity in a way that it is both Dutch and Muslim? Do they incorporate Dutch parameters into their Muslim identity, while at the same time weaving Islamic principles into their Dutch sense of self? The findings show how Islamic clothing can be mobilized by Dutch Muslim women to serve identity formation and personal (religious) choice in the Netherlands, where Islam is largely considered by the non-Muslim population to be a religion that is oppressive and discriminatory towards women. It is argued that in the context of being Dutch and Muslim, these women express their freedom of choice through clothing, thus pushing the limits of the archetypal Dutch identity and criticizing Dutch society while simultaneously stretching the meaning of Islam to craft their own identity.

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Section: Islamic Fashionmentioning

confidence: 92%

The Burka Ban: Islamic Dress, Freedom and Choice in The Netherlands in Light of the 2019 Burka Ban Law

Hass

2020

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“…(Quran, chapter 33, verse 59, Shakir translation) Across Europe, a cohort of young Muslim women is at the vanguard of new styles of modest fashion, combining mainstream trends with inventive forms of hijab and Islamic clothing (Bartels 2005;Lewis 2013;Moors 2007Moors , 2013Rambo and Bauman 2012;Tarlo 1996;Tarlo and Moors 2013;Van Nieuwkerk 2003a, 2003b. The same phenomena can also be seen specifically in the Netherlands (Bartels 2000;Moors 2007;Van Nieuwkerk 2003a, 2003b, Finland (Almila 2016); Sweden (Roald 2004(Roald , 2012, Scotland (Boulanouar 2006); Germany (Özyürek 2010, 2014) and France (Bowen 2007(Bowen , 2010. As O'Cass (O'Cass 2004) has argued, these women developed a strong subjective perception of product knowledge and expertise in the product, strongly influenced by their involvement in fashion clothing, as modern fashionable Muslim women.…”

Section: Fashion Anti-fashion and Islamic Fashionmentioning

confidence: 66%

“…The question to be asked here is what gender norms in Dutch society are these women either rejecting completely or modifying? Scholars of religious piety such as Saba Mahmood, and scholars of religious conversion to Islam in the West, such as Anne Sophie Roald and Anna Manson McGinty, found that women embraced non-liberal religious identities not just due to piety but also as rejections of other social models (Avishai 2008;Fader 2009;Mahmood 2001;Marranci Gabriele 2008;Roald 2004Roald , 2012. One possible rejection of a social model could be the concept of 'whiteness' in a Christian based society.…”

Section: Building Identity Through Stylementioning

confidence: 99%

Fashion and Faith: Islamic Dress and Identity in The Netherlands

Hass

Lutek

2019

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This paper focuses on the relationship between clothing and identity—specifically, on Islamic dress as shaping the identity of Dutch Muslim women. How do these Dutch Muslim women shape their identity in a way that it is both Dutch and Muslim? Do they mix Dutch parameters in their Muslim identity, while at the same time intersplicing Islamic principles in their Dutch sense of self? This study is based on two ethnographies conducted in the city of Amsterdam, the first occurring from September to October 2009, and the second took place in August 2018, which combines insights taken from in-depth interviews with Dutch Muslim women and observations in gatherings from Quranic and Religious studies, social gatherings and one-time events, as well as observations in stores for Islamic fashion and museums in Amsterdam. This study takes as its theme clothing and identity, and how Islamic clothing can be mobilized by Dutch Muslim women in service of identity formation. The study takes place in a context, the Netherlands, where Islam is largely considered by the populous as a religion that is oppressive and discriminatory to women. This paper argues that in the context of being Dutch and Muslim, through choice of clothing, these women express their agency: their ability to choose and act in social action, thus pushing the limits of archetypal Dutch identity while simultaneously stretching the meaning of Islam to craft their own identity, one that is influenced by themes of immigration, belongingness, ethnicity, religious knowledge and gender.

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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 '.…”

Section: State Of the Artmentioning

confidence: 99%

‘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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The conversion process in stages: new Muslims in the twenty-first century

Cited by 33 publications

References 11 publications

The Burka Ban: Islamic Dress, Freedom and Choice in The Netherlands in Light of the 2019 Burka Ban Law

The Burka Ban: Islamic Dress, Freedom and Choice in The Netherlands in Light of the 2019 Burka Ban Law

Fashion and Faith: Islamic Dress and Identity in The Netherlands

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

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