Re-posing the “Muslim Question”

Selby, Jennifer A.; Beaman, Lori G.

doi:10.1177/2050303216630541

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“…At the same time, in both the mass media and the feminist debate Protestantism and other religions are largely ignored (Giorgi, 2018). In their analysis of how Italian feminism addresses the ‘Muslim question’ (to use the definition proposed by Selby and Beaman, 2016), Peroni and Rapetti (2016) show the same polarization between feminist secularism and multicultural feminism that characterizes many other European contexts (e.g. on the UK see Aune, 2015).…”

Section: Context and Methodologymentioning

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Religious feminists and the intersectional feminist movements: Insights from a case study

Giorgi

2020

European Journal of Women's Studies

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Scholars describe Global North feminisms as mostly ‘secular’ and often opposing religion. Contemporary feminist intersectional movements seem to offer different approaches able to overcome distances and articulate the role of religion in feminist emancipatory practice. This contribution explores the complex role of religion in intersectional feminist movements, drawing on the experiences of religious-feminist and secular-feminist women in Italy. The results highlight that religious women are increasingly part of feminist intersectional movements. Nonetheless, religious inequalities are often overlooked, and religion triggers ambivalent reactions, often resulting in a process of othering minority women.

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Religious feminists and the intersectional feminist movements: Insights from a case study

Giorgi

2020

European Journal of Women's Studies

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“…Jews and colonized Africans were certainly not the only others who challenged the liberal imaginary of the European nation-states. Although 'the Muslim question' is a term used mainly by scholars to denote the growing racialization in late twentieth-century Europe of citizens and migrants based on religion, it is rooted in a historical question of 'the Muslim' as the external political enemy (Anidjar 2013;Bracke and Aguilar 2020;Norton 2013;Selby and Beaman 2016). As a historical question, 'the Muslim' is both embedded in a European Orientalism that forms an important matrix of colonial domination and an earlier fear of 'the Turks' (Yapp 1992).…”

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Decolonizing Colonial Heritage

Knudsen¹,

Oldfield²,

Buettner³

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and an art critic. Decolonizing Colonial Heritage explores how different agents practice the decolonization of European colonial heritage at European and extra-European locations. Assessing the impact of these practices, the book also explores what a new vision of Europe in the postcolonial present could look like.Including contributions from academics, artists and heritage practitioners, the volume explores decolonial heritage practices in politics, contemporary history, diplomacy, museum practice, the visual arts and self-generated memorial expressions in public spaces. The comparative focus of the chapters includes examples of internal colonization in Europe and extends to former European colonies, among them Shanghai, Cape Town and Rio de Janeiro. Examining practices in a range of different contexts, the book pays particular attention to sub-national actors whose work is opening up new futures through their engagement with decolonial heritage practices in the present. The volume also considers the challenges posed by applying decolonial thinking to existing understandings of colonial heritage.Decolonizing Colonial Heritage examines the role of colonial heritage in European memory politics and heritage diplomacy. It will be of interest to academics and students working in the fields of heritage and memory studies, colonial and imperial history, European studies, sociology, cultural studies, development studies, museum studies and contemporary art.

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“…Today, especially in Catholic majority contexts, the ‘Muslim question’ ( Selby and Beaman, 2016 ) seems to frame both the public case against multiculturalism and the one against religion, in the name of women’s emancipation and sexual freedoms. Historical and contemporary debates about religion and feminism in post-colonial settings influence the current focus on Islam and Muslim migrant communities ( Fadil, 2014 ).…”

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Working against many grains: Rethinking difference, emancipation and agency in the counter-discourse of an ethnic minority women’s organisation in Belgium

Brandt

Longman

2017

Social Compass

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In this article, we aim to contribute to feminist academic debates about multiculturalism and secularism/religion by drawing upon an analysis of an ethnic minority women’s organisation in Belgium that has been active since 1999: ella. The analysis focuses upon the way in which ella constructs notions of empowerment and emancipation by discussing structural inequalities, cultural-ethnic values and religious authority and identity. First, we look at how ella formulates its ideas about the emancipation trajectories of minoritised women and the potential role of religious belonging. Second, we look at ella’s discussion of religious interpretation and gender/sexual diversity. Here, we explore assumptions about the relationship between religious authority and minoritised women’s and LGBTQs’ desires and pursuit for knowledge. We conclude by considering ella as an affirmative-critical actor of multiculturalism, and an implicit agent of religious reform.

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Re-posing the “Muslim Question”

Cited by 16 publications

References 18 publications

Religious feminists and the intersectional feminist movements: Insights from a case study

Religious feminists and the intersectional feminist movements: Insights from a case study

Decolonizing Colonial Heritage

Working against many grains: Rethinking difference, emancipation and agency in the counter-discourse of an ethnic minority women’s organisation in Belgium

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