Repentance and the Return to God: Tawba in Early Sufism, written by Atif Khalil

Ali, Mukhtar H.

doi:10.1163/22105956-12341323

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“…With regard to the criminal lifestyle, Aman said: 'There are many conflicts, especially with oneself with regard to what you actually want, who you are and who you really want to be.' Repentance in Islam means to return to God by regretting one's sins (Khalil, 2018). Tarik stressed that he 'had so much to make up for'.…”

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Muslim narratives of desistance among Norwegian street criminals: Stories of reconciliation, purification and exclusion

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2021

European Journal of Criminology

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Stories about sin, regret and forgiveness are fundamental in Islam and other world religions. Islamic revivalism mediates a redemption narrative tailored to street criminals who want to break with the cycle of stigmatization, imprisonment and violence. Drawing on so-called conversion narratives, this article examines the repertoire of such stories among male street criminals in Norway who turn, or ‘return’, to Islam. I have identified three narrative types: reconciliation, purification and exclusion. I explore the content of these stories and the work they do for tellers and their audiences. Arguably, these narrative types represent forms of desistance that open up and restrict particular paths into Islam and out of street crime.

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Muslim narratives of desistance among Norwegian street criminals: Stories of reconciliation, purification and exclusion

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Repentance and the Return to God: Tawba in Early Sufism, written by Atif Khalil

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Muslim narratives of desistance among Norwegian street criminals: Stories of reconciliation, purification and exclusion

Muslim narratives of desistance among Norwegian street criminals: Stories of reconciliation, purification and exclusion

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