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In spite of Islam's long history in Europe and the growing number
of Muslims resident in Europe, little research exists on Muslim
pilgrimage in Europe. This collection of eleven chapters is the
first systematic attempt to fill this lacuna in an emerging
research field. Placing the pilgrims' practices and experiences
centre stage, scholars from history, anthropology, religious
studies, sociology, and art history examine historical and
contemporary hajj and non-hajj pilgrimage to sites outside and
within Europe. Sources include online travelogues, ethnographic
data, biographic information, and material and performative
culture. The interlocutors are European-born Muslims, converts to
Islam, and Muslim migrants to Europe, in addition to people who
identify themselves with other faiths. Most interlocutors reside in
Albania, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Italy, France, the Netherlands, Great
Britain, and Norway. This book identifies four courses of
developments: Muslims resident in Europe continue to travel to
Mecca and Medina, and to visit shrine sites located elsewhere in
the Middle East and North Africa. Secondly, there is a revival of
pilgrimage to old pilgrimage sites in South-eastern Europe.
Thirdly, new Muslim pilgrimage sites and practices are being
established in Western Europe. Fourthly, Muslims visit
long-established Christian pilgrimage sites in Europe. These
practices point to processes of continuity, revitalization, and
innovation in the practice of Muslim pilgrimage in Europe. Linked
to changing sectarian, political, and economic circumstances,
pilgrimage sites are dynamic places of intra-religious as well as
inter-religious conflict and collaboration, while pilgrimage
experiences in multiple ways also transform the individual and
affect the home-community.
In spite of Islam's long history in Europe and the growing number
of Muslims resident in Europe, little research exists on Muslim
pilgrimage in Europe. This collection of eleven chapters is the
first systematic attempt to fill this lacuna in an emerging
research field. Placing the pilgrims' practices and experiences
centre stage, scholars from history, anthropology, religious
studies, sociology, and art history examine historical and
contemporary hajj and non-hajj pilgrimage to sites outside and
within Europe. Sources include online travelogues, ethnographic
data, biographic information, and material and performative
culture. The interlocutors are European-born Muslims, converts to
Islam, and Muslim migrants to Europe, in addition to people who
identify themselves with other faiths. Most interlocutors reside in
Albania, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Italy, France, the Netherlands, Great
Britain, and Norway. This book identifies four courses of
developments: Muslims resident in Europe continue to travel to
Mecca and Medina, and to visit shrine sites located elsewhere in
the Middle East and North Africa. Secondly, there is a revival of
pilgrimage to old pilgrimage sites in South-eastern Europe.
Thirdly, new Muslim pilgrimage sites and practices are being
established in Western Europe. Fourthly, Muslims visit
long-established Christian pilgrimage sites in Europe. These
practices point to processes of continuity, revitalization, and
innovation in the practice of Muslim pilgrimage in Europe. Linked
to changing sectarian, political, and economic circumstances,
pilgrimage sites are dynamic places of intra-religious as well as
inter-religious conflict and collaboration, while pilgrimage
experiences in multiple ways also transform the individual and
affect the home-community.
This book is a unique study which offers new perspectives on
contemporary Islamic iconography and the use of imageries in ritual
contexts. The representation of prophets and saints in Islam is
erroneously considered nonexistent by many scholars of Islam,
Muslims, and the general public. The issue is often dealt with
superficially without attention to its deep roots in piety and
religiosity. "Visualizing Belief and Piety in Iranian Shiism"
offers new understanding of Islamic iconography and Muslim
perspectives on the use of imageries in ritual contexts and
devotional life. Combining iconographic and ethnographic
approaches, Ingvild Flaskerud introduces and analyzes imageries
(tile-paintings, posters and wall-hangings), ritual contexts and
interviews with male and female local viewers to discuss the
representation, reception and function of imageries in contemporary
Iranian Shia environments. This book presents the argument that
images and decorative programmes have stimulating qualities to
mentally evoke the saints in the minds of devotees and inspire
their recollection, transforming emotions and stimulating cultic
behaviours. Visualization and seeing are significant to the
dissemination of religious knowledge, the understanding of
spiritual and ethical values, the promotion of personal piety, and
functions as modes of venerating God and the saints.
The complicated link between women and religion in the Middle East
has been a source of debate for centuries, and has special
resonance today. Whether religion reinforces female oppression or
provides opportunities for women - or a combination of both -
depends on time, place and circumstance. This book seeks to
contextualize women's roles within their religious traditions
rather than through the lens of a dominant culture. Gender,
Religion and Change in the Middle East crosses boundaries and
borders, and will appeal to a global audience.This book provides a
comprehensive survey of women in Muslim, Jewish and Christian
communities in the Middle East during the last two centuries. The
authors consider women's defined roles within these religious
communities, as well as exploring how women themselves develop and
apply their own strategies within religious societies. The
wide-ranging accounts draw on case studies from Iran, Turkey,
Afghanistan, Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Palestine and Lebanon since
1800. Throughout, the authors challenge our understanding of
patriarchy to offer a more nuanced account.Taking a balanced look
at the issues of religion, gender and change in the Middle East,
this unique interdisciplinary study gives new insight to the theme
of women and religion in the Middle East.
The complicated link between women and religion in the Middle East
has been a source of debate for centuries, and has special
resonance today. Whether religion reinforces female oppression or
provides opportunities for women - or a combination of both -
depends on time, place and circumstance. This book seeks to
contextualize women's roles within their religious traditions
rather than through the lens of a dominant culture. Gender,
Religion and Change in the Middle East crosses boundaries and
borders, and will appeal to a global audience.This book provides a
comprehensive survey of women in Muslim, Jewish and Christian
communities in the Middle East during the last two centuries. The
authors consider women's defined roles within these religious
communities, as well as exploring how women themselves develop and
apply their own strategies within religious societies. The
wide-ranging accounts draw on case studies from Iran, Turkey,
Afghanistan, Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Palestine and Lebanon since
1800. Throughout, the authors challenge our understanding of
patriarchy to offer a more nuanced account.Taking a balanced look
at the issues of religion, gender and change in the Middle East,
this unique interdisciplinary study gives new insight to the theme
of women and religion in the Middle East.
The representation of prophets and saints in Islam is erroneously
considered nonexistent by many scholars of Islam, Muslims, and the
general public. The issue is often dealt with superficially without
attention to its deep roots in piety and religiosity. Visualizing
Belief and Piety in Iranian Shiism offers new understanding of
Islamic iconography and Muslim perspectives on the use of imageries
in ritual contexts and devotional life. Combining iconographic and
ethnographic approaches, Ingvild Flaskerud introduces and analyzes
imageries (tile-paintings, posters and wall-hangings), ritual
contexts and interviews with male and female local viewers to
discuss the representation, reception and function of imageries in
contemporary Iranian Shia environments. This book presents the
argument that images and decorative programmes have stimulating
qualities to mentally evoke the saints in the minds of devotees and
inspire their recollection, transforming emotions and stimulating
cultic behaviours. Visualization and seeing are significant to the
dissemination of religious knowledge, the understanding of
spiritual and ethical values, the promotion of personal piety, and
functions as modes of venerating God and the saints.
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