Shiite Patterns of Post-Migration in Europe
This brief reflection treats the reactive relation between the dispersions of (post-)migration and the integralism of religion in selected cases of European Shiism. It reconsiders reports on Twelver Shiism and Shiite Muslims in Europe in order to discern the main institutional and demographic tenden...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
[2020]
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Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
Year: 2020, Volume: 31, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-22 |
Further subjects: | B
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B Twelver Shiism B European Islam B Islamic Republic of Iran B post-migration identity |
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Summary: | This brief reflection treats the reactive relation between the dispersions of (post-)migration and the integralism of religion in selected cases of European Shiism. It reconsiders reports on Twelver Shiism and Shiite Muslims in Europe in order to discern the main institutional and demographic tendencies in Shiites' European settlement history in Britain, France and Germany, and to explore such settlement in light of mega-theorizations of European Islam that juxtapose integration' and separation'. The presentation focuses on Iranians in Britain and argues for the centrality of two complicating variations on the pattern: Integration-Retention (as in the case of blood donation practice) and Separation-Appropriation (as in the case of reformist Islamism in the Ettehādiye Society). Each type stems from heightened Self-Other reflection, triggered by migration and defined more precisely in terms of boundary setting. Such thought is double-scaled for differentiation (d) and reciprocation (r), contrasting jurisprudential treatments there' (+d/-r) and organizational engagement here' (-d/+r). Identity formation in European Shiism often involves the rebalancing of these elements. |
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ISSN: | 1469-9311 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/09596410.2019.1667712 |