Experiencing ‘nikah Captivity’ in the West: Gendered Conflicts over Ending Muslim Marriages
Based on interviews with Muslim minority women and Islamic authorities, this article proposes a step-based model for understanding Muslim divorce processes in diaspora. Such processes are highly dependent on individual women’s embedding in gendered geographies of power: The analysis shows that secon...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Brill
2022
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Journal of Muslims in Europe
Année: 2022, Volume: 11, Numéro: 2, Pages: 215-239 |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Divorce
B Coercive Control B Family Conflict B Gender B Muslim divorce B partner violence B Power |
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| Résumé: | Based on interviews with Muslim minority women and Islamic authorities, this article proposes a step-based model for understanding Muslim divorce processes in diaspora. Such processes are highly dependent on individual women’s embedding in gendered geographies of power: The analysis shows that second-generation immigrant women generally are quite easily able to put a full end to unwanted marriages. In contrast, first-generation immigrant women may end up living in yearlong ‘nikah captivity’, unable to have their nikahs (their ‘Muslim marriages’) dissolved, even though they have obtained a divorce under Danish law. When (ex)husbands keep (ex)wives in such nikah captivity, it can be regarded as a type of post-separation violence, facilitated by the migration-induced separation of Muslims from Islamic institutions. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-7954 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Journal of Muslims in Europe
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22117954-bja10039 |