"Muslimness" and multiplicity in qualitative research and in government reports in Canada
With reference to a qualitative study on everyday religiosity among Muslims in St. John's, Canada, this paper examines trends in academic sources and public policy on Islam that over-privilege the most committed practitioners, thereby narrowly depicting "Muslimness." I situate this ov...
| Published in: | Critical research on religion |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
[2016]
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| In: |
Critical research on religion
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Saint John's (Newfoundland and Labrador)
/ Government
/ Muslim
/ Report
/ Religious identity
/ Diversity
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy BJ Islam KBQ North America ZC Politics in general |
| Further subjects: | B
Mamdani
B culture talk B St. John's B Canadian Public Policy B Muslimness B Newfoundland B Islamophilia |
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| Summary: | With reference to a qualitative study on everyday religiosity among Muslims in St. John's, Canada, this paper examines trends in academic sources and public policy on Islam that over-privilege the most committed practitioners, thereby narrowly depicting "Muslimness." I situate this overemphasis by reflecting on what Mamdani calls "culture talk," an essentializing discourse heightened in the post-9/11 west (c.f. Shryock on "Islamophilia"). Interview data, along with a trend in social scientific research on Muslims that emphasize the most pious and the outcomes following the Ontario "Boyd Report" and the Quebecois "Bouchard-Taylor Report" show the pervasiveness of culture talk that erases Muslim multiplicity. |
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| ISSN: | 2050-3040 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Critical research on religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/2050303216630298 |