Women Embracing Islam
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Women Embracing Islam
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Author : Karin van Nieuwkerk
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2009-07-21
Women Embracing Islam written by Karin van Nieuwkerk and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-07-21 with Religion categories.
Many Westerners view Islam as a religion that restricts and subordinates women in both private and public life. Yet a surprising number of women in Western Europe and America are converting to Islam. What attracts these women to a belief system that is markedly different from both Western Christianity and Western secularism? What benefits do they gain by converting, and what are the costs? How do Western women converts live their new Islamic faith, and how does their conversion affect their families and communities? How do women converts transmit Islamic values to their children? These are some of the questions that Women Embracing Islam seeks to answer. In this vanguard study of gender and conversion to Islam, leading historians, sociologists, anthropologists, and theologians investigate why non-Muslim women in the United States, several European countries, and South Africa are converting to Islam. Drawing on extensive interviews with female converts, the authors explore the life experiences that lead Western women to adopt Islam, as well as the appeal that various forms of Islam, as well as the Nation of Islam, have for women. The authors find that while no single set of factors can explain why Western women are embracing Islamic faith traditions, some common motivations emerge. These include an attraction to Islam's high regard for family and community, its strict moral and ethical standards, and the rationality and spirituality of its theology, as well as a disillusionment with Christianity and with the unrestrained sexuality of so much of Western culture.
Big Little Steps
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Author : Mathilde Loujayne
language : en
Publisher: Kube Publishing Ltd
Release Date : 2020-02-11
Big Little Steps written by Mathilde Loujayne and has been published by Kube Publishing Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-11 with Religion categories.
Since her conversion to Islam in 2002 Mathilde Loujayne has crossed paths with women from all walks of life on a common spiritual journey to discover Islam from a feminine perspective. Fuelled by a desire to find the right words to explain to her mother her choice to embrace Islam, this guide was born. Through Mathilde Loujayne's personal experiences - grief, high school, moving abroad, work, marriage, and motherhood - she addressses women's common concerns as they take the big, little steps towards finding a balanced lifestyle and a glowing heart in Islam.
Converting To Islam
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Author : Amy Melissa Guimond
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2017-06-16
Converting To Islam written by Amy Melissa Guimond and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-16 with Social Science categories.
This text aims to discover the shared lived experiences of white American female converts to Islam in post- 9/11 America. It explores the increasingly hostile social climate faced by Muslim Americans, as well as the spiritual, social, physical, and mental integration of these women into the Muslim-American population. In the United States, rates of conversion to Islam are rapidly increasing—alongside Islamophobic sentiment and hate crimes against Muslims. For a period of time, there was a lull in this negative sentiment. However, in light of the Paris terror attacks, the increased prominence of ISIS/ISIL, and the influx of refugees from Syria, anti-Muslim rhetoric is once again on the rise. This volume analyzes how a singular collection of female converts have adapted to life in the United States in the shadow of 9/11.
Big Little Steps
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Author : Loujayne Mathilde
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020
Big Little Steps written by Loujayne Mathilde and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with Muslim converts categories.
Women Finally On The Shores Of Islam
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Author : محمد رشيد العويد
language : en
Publisher: IslamKotob
Release Date :
Women Finally On The Shores Of Islam written by محمد رشيد العويد and has been published by IslamKotob this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
Stepping Into The Shadows
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Author : Rosemary Sookhdeo
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Stepping Into The Shadows written by Rosemary Sookhdeo and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Christianity and other religions categories.
Why are increasing numbers of Western women converting to Islam? The author tells the true-life stories of women who have become Muslims, exploring the reasons for their decisions and illustrating the problems that they face. She examines the particular issues confronting women who marry Muslims and addresses the long-term implications of conversion. In these ways the book prepares parents and church leaders to guide women who are contemplating conversion or marriage with Muslim men.
Islam Our Choice
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Author : Debra L. Dirks
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Islam Our Choice written by Debra L. Dirks and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
An increasing number of American women are embracing Islam, already over one million converts. These are modern American women born and brought up in America to non-Muslim parents. They have journeyed down the path of Islam without giving up their American heritage and found liberation and self-actualization by becoming Muslims. "This book presents the personal accounts of six American Muslim women who have been kind enough to share their first-person stories of the winding roads they traveled en-route to embracing Islam. In giving their personal portrayals of their individual journeys to Islam, some of these sisters-in-Islam have publicly proclaimed far more about their personal lives than they normally would be willing to share. In essence, they have sacrificed some of their personal privacy, as well as some of their normal reticence and modesty about their personal and private lives.Being American sisters-in-Islam does not mean that we are any less zealous than other Americans in cherishing our rights as Americans, and it does not mean that we are any less patriotic... What the authors... share with other modern women in America is immense, and cannot be easily overstated... However, despite all the things that we share with our fellow Americans who are non-Muslims, what we have come to share with our worldwide sisters-in-Islam is especially sweet and appealing. While each of us remains an American, we are Americans who have joined a very special and caring sisterhood that transcends biological inheritance, personal genetics, ethnicity, race, and socioeconomic status. We have come to understand and to love the fact that what is important is individual righteousness, notsuperfluous consid
Islamic Life
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Author : Harfiyah Ball
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
Islamic Life written by Harfiyah Ball and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Islam categories.
Women And Islamization
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Author : Karin Ask
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-01-07
Women And Islamization written by Karin Ask and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-07 with Social Science categories.
The current Islamic revival is frequently associated with fundamentalism and radical politics. This reinforces Western perceptions of Islamic women as victims of a sexist and reactionary rule. What many outsiders fail to realize is that quite a number of Muslim women are ardently embracing their religion as a means through which they can express gender identity, power and creativity.In overturning ingrained notions of Muslim women's subjugation, this timely book situates Islam as a religion undergoing reinterpretation and change -- especially in relation to gender identities -- rather than as a monolithic movement reacting against westernization and modernization. Through their political, educational, and recreational activities, more and more Muslim women are setting agendas of their own and are actively redefining the role of women in Muslim society.
Muslim Women In America
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Author : Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2006-03-02
Muslim Women In America written by Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-03-02 with Religion categories.
Muslim women living in America continue to be marginalized and misunderstood since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, yet their contributions are changing the face of Islam as it is seen both within Muslim communities in the West and by non-Muslims.