Faith, ideology and fear : Muslim identities within and beyond prisons / Gabriele Marranci.
Based on four years anthropological research within prisons and Muslim communities in the UK, this book offers a unique discussion of the relationship between the experience of prison among Muslims and the formation of religious identity. Gabriele Marranci thoroughly examines Muslim religious life i...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY :
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
2020.
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| Summary: | Based on four years anthropological research within prisons and Muslim communities in the UK, this book offers a unique discussion of the relationship between the experience of prison among Muslims and the formation of religious identity. Gabriele Marranci thoroughly examines Muslim religious life in prison, the work of Muslim chaplains and imams (and the overall impact that they have on Muslim prisoners), providing an analysis of the current prison policies aiming to prevent radicalisation, and discusses the counterproductive results of an increasing young Muslim presence in prisons, as well as the reaction of the Muslim communities to this increase. Marranci suggests that the prison environment, and increasing restrictions therein, are linked to the fear of radicalization, and are facilitating identity processes in which Islam turns into an ideology. This important study goes on to make a thorough examination of the lives of former Muslim prisoners, showing how they are particularly vulnerable to extremists' recruitment, and explaining the dynamics which have led, in certain cases, to their recommitting offences, or embarking on a path of radicalization. |
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| Item Description: | "First published 2009 Continuum International Publishing Group"--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (192 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781003085393 1003085393 9781000189582 1000189589 9781000186192 1000186199 9781000182958 1000182959 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Online resource; title from PDF title page (Taylor & Francis, viewed October 16, 2020) |
| Biographical or Historical Data: | Gabriele Marranci. |