The struggle to be seen: Muslim-Christian relations and religious (in)visibility at the Hispano-Moroccan borderland
This article analyses the ways in which Muslim-Christian relations occur in the Hispano-Moroccan borderland, more precisely, in the North-African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla. It argues that, in these two Spanish autonomous cities, the relations between Christians and Muslims are articulated throug...
| Published in: | Journal of contemporary religion |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Carfax Publ.
[2018]
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| In: |
Journal of contemporary religion
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Spain
/ Boundary
/ Morocco
/ Muslim
/ Christian
/ Interreligiosity
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| RelBib Classification: | AX Inter-religious relations BJ Islam CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations KBH Iberian Peninsula KBL Near East and North Africa |
| Further subjects: | B
Muslim-Christian relations
B Hispano-Moroccan border B (in)visibility |
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (Verlag) |
| Summary: | This article analyses the ways in which Muslim-Christian relations occur in the Hispano-Moroccan borderland, more precisely, in the North-African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla. It argues that, in these two Spanish autonomous cities, the relations between Christians and Muslims are articulated through a symbolic system in which the former exercise the capacity of being apparent, whereas the latter tend to be pushed away' from the visible, although they exert resistance. This results in a decrease of Muslims' degree of public exposure. The article critically assesses the relational dynamics between Muslims and Christians in Ceuta and Melilla against the trope of invisibility', by looking at how they use religion to exert these enunciations: a) I briefly contextualize historically the setting, b) I explore how religion is racialized, c) I look at the use of historical vocabulary and narratives on religion to manifest intergroup conflict, d) I expose how the regime of (in)visibility unfolds, e) I scrutinize the recent development by which Christians participate in making Islam more visible and the resulting consequences this has on the relations between the two groups. The article assesses why and how religion provides the language through which these particular forms of othering' are manifested. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-9419 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of contemporary religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/13537903.2018.1542863 |