Praying for One Umma: Rhetorical Construction of a Global Islamic Community in the Facebook Prayers of Young Finnish Muslims
In this paper, I demonstrate how a universalising Muslim identity is constructed in the Facebook prayers of young Finnish Muslims. By analysing the rhetorical devices utilized in the prayer updates, I argue that the prayers serve a function similar to the ‘flagging’ of national identity; the prayers...
| Published in: | Temenos |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
[publisher not identified]
[2017]
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| In: |
Temenos
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Finland
/ Muslim community
/ Muslim
/ Adult (18-30 Jahre)
/ Facebook
/ Prayer
/ Ummah (Religion)
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| RelBib Classification: | BJ Islam KBE Northern Europe; Scandinavia |
| Further subjects: | B
Rhetorical Psychology
B Islam B Internet B Identity B Facebook B Prayer |
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| Summary: | In this paper, I demonstrate how a universalising Muslim identity is constructed in the Facebook prayers of young Finnish Muslims. By analysing the rhetorical devices utilized in the prayer updates, I argue that the prayers serve a function similar to the ‘flagging’ of national identity; the prayers portray the Islamic umma as a unified community and seek to diminish possible counter-discourses that emphasise ethnic divisions among Muslims. This study thus supports earlier observations of a novel ‘umma consciousness’ that is on the rise among young generations of Muslims in Europe. |
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| ISSN: | 2342-7256 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Temenos
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