Samuel, Geoffrey Brian ![]() |
Abstract
Barbara Metcalf suggested some years ago that a well-known contemporary Islamic movement of pietist inclinations, the Tabligh-i Jama’at, acted in effect to produce a gentler, more feminised male Muslim identity among its adherents. Some other contemporary Islamic movements have similar tendencies. Ritual practices among the Hijaz Community, a mostly Pakistani organisation in the British Midlands, for example, are explicitly aimed to produce a gentler, less aggressive orientation among their followers. Can we see these new movements as part of the evolution of new forms of masculinity among Muslim men, both in Muslim-majority and diasporic populations? I explore this question through field research carried out as part of an ESRC-funded research project on young Muslims in the UK and Bangladesh.
Item Type: | Article |
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Date Type: | Publication |
Status: | Published |
Schools: | History, Archaeology and Religion |
Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Islam – Marriage – Masculinity – UK – Bangladesh |
Publisher: | Springer |
ISSN: | 1872-0218 |
Last Modified: | 19 Oct 2022 10:30 |
URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/24565 |
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