The making of a Salafi Muslim woman paths to conversion

Salafism often called 'Wahhabism,' is widely seen as a fundamentalist interpretation of Islam that subjugates women, yet growing numbers of young British women, many of them converts or from less conservative Muslim backgrounds, are actively embracing it. With unprecedented access to Salaf...

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Main Author: Inge, Anabel
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Oxford University Press 2016, 2016
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Salafism often called 'Wahhabism,' is widely seen as a fundamentalist interpretation of Islam that subjugates women, yet growing numbers of young British women, many of them converts or from less conservative Muslim backgrounds, are actively embracing it. With unprecedented access to Salafi women's groups in the UK, Anabel Inge provides an in-depth account of their lives, probing the reasons for their conversion and their subsequent dilemmas and difficulties
Item Description:Previously issued in print: 2016
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:9780190611705