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Klappentext Charts the experiences of the Islamic diaspora around the world. This book examines various dimensions of life in the Diaspora and demonstrates that identity is always constructed in relation to others. It shows how religious identity in diaspora is mediated by many other factors such as: Gender; Class; Ethnic origin; and! National status. Zusammenfassung This book charts the experiences of the Islamic diaspora around the world. It incorporates a broad range of case studies and includes issues such as identity, religious background and gender. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part 1: Diaspora and Identity: Violence and Exile Representation 1. Diaspora: History of a Concept 2. Diaspora, Violence and Identity 3. Islam and Consecrated Tortures 4. Islam in Diaspora and Challenges to Multiculturalism: Shar’ia in Canada 5. Exilic Reading of Three Religious Texts Part 2: Home and Exile: Gender and the Politics of Memory 6. Divided Communities of Memory: Diasporas Come Home 7. Our Reflections in their Mirror 8. In the Shadow of Europe: Mediterranean Diasporas and Identity: Yesterday and Today 9. Gender, Nation and Diaspora: Kurdish Women in Feminist Transnational Struggles 10. Discourses of Islam/Secularism and Identity Building Processes among Turkish University Youth Part 3: Contested Terrains: Islam, Gender and Struggles for Continuity and Change 11. The Hijab Controversies in Western Public Schools: Contrasting Conceptions of Ethnicity and of Ethnic Relations 12. Islamophobia and Women of Pakistani Descent in Bradford: The Crisis of Ascribed and Adopted Identities 13. Diasporic Narratives on Virginity 14. Iranian American Elderly in California’s Santa Clara Valley: Crafting Selves and Composing Lives 15. Like Parvin, Like Najiba, Like Heba, We Are All Different: Reflections on Voices of Women in Diaspora
