Dreaming, Islam and the Ahmadiyya Muslims in the UK

Balzani, Marzia

doi:10.1080/02757206.2010.496783

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Conversion As Negotiation: Gender Social Mobility and Power1

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“…Beyond its exceptionality, Mireille's story recalls the importance of dreams for converts to Ahmadiyya (Balzani 2010). All my European interlocutors refer to very strong dreams or signs, ranging from miracle to providence, to explain their decision.…”

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Conversion as Negotiation. Converts as Actors of Civil Society

Langewiesche

2020

Religions

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This article focuses on the religious movement of the Ahmadiyya and its civil society organization, Humanity First, in West-Africa and in Europe. Particular attention is paid to the place of converts within these two institutions. Conversions to an Islamic minority and the actions of this minority are studied through the prism of social commitment. I examine the intersections between religious values, the ideas of solidarity in the societies under scrutiny and, the kaleidoscopic range of Muslim charities. The paper investigates conversion as negotiation in regard to gender, social mobility, and power. Conversion is approached here as a matter of social relations and not personal belief. I argue that converts have to use various strategies of recognition, either as individuals or as a group, which places them in a permanent state of negotiation with their entourage.

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Section: Conversion As Negotiation: Gender Social Mobility and Powermentioning

confidence: 99%