The making of a Salafi Muslim woman: paths to conversion
Salafism often called 'Wahhabism,' is widely seen as a fundamentalist interpretation of Islam that subjugates women, yet growing numbers of young British women, many of them converts or from less conservative Muslim backgrounds, are actively embracing it. With unprecedented access to Salaf...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2016
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| In: | Year: 2016 |
| Reviews: | The Making of a Salafi Muslim Woman: Paths to Conversion, Anabel Inge, Oxford University Press, 2016 (ISBN 978-0-19-061167-5), xi +303 pp., hb £22.99 (2017) (Wilson, Tom)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Salafīyah
/ Muslim woman
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| Further subjects: | B
Salafīyah; Great Britain
B Wahhābīyah; Great Britain B Muslim women; Great Britain B Muslim converts from Christianity; Great Britain B Islam; Great Britain B Thesis B Women in Islam; Great Britain |
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| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | Salafism often called 'Wahhabism,' is widely seen as a fundamentalist interpretation of Islam that subjugates women, yet growing numbers of young British women, many of them converts or from less conservative Muslim backgrounds, are actively embracing it. With unprecedented access to Salafi women's groups in the UK, Anabel Inge provides an in-depth account of their lives, probing the reasons for their conversion and their subsequent dilemmas and difficulties. |
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| ISBN: | 0190611707 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190611675.001.0001 |