Sharing and Caring: Muslim Women Teaching Islam in Denmark
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Sharing and Caring : Muslim Women Teaching Islam in Denmark. / Lyngsøe, Maria Lindebæk.
In: Tidsskrift for Islamforskning, Vol. 18, No. 2, 2023, p. 39-61.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Sharing and Caring
T2 - Muslim Women Teaching Islam in Denmark
AU - Lyngsøe, Maria Lindebæk
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Muslim women dedicate themselves to Islamic educational activities as an important aspect of their religious engagement, and pious Muslim Danish women are no exception. One important element of this engagement appears to be the sharing of the knowledge gained with younger generations. In this paper, I scrutinize this aspect of contemporary Danish Muslim piety, asking how and why Danish Muslim women ‘pass on’ knowledge to children. I show that this transmission should be seen as a way of caring for the children as part of the Muslim community, and that this way of caring appears especially important in a setting where Islam is practiced as a minority religion. At the same time, the sharing of knowledge should be perceived as a virtuous practice, given that it is an aspect of the women’s own efforts to live virtuous lives.
AB - Muslim women dedicate themselves to Islamic educational activities as an important aspect of their religious engagement, and pious Muslim Danish women are no exception. One important element of this engagement appears to be the sharing of the knowledge gained with younger generations. In this paper, I scrutinize this aspect of contemporary Danish Muslim piety, asking how and why Danish Muslim women ‘pass on’ knowledge to children. I show that this transmission should be seen as a way of caring for the children as part of the Muslim community, and that this way of caring appears especially important in a setting where Islam is practiced as a minority religion. At the same time, the sharing of knowledge should be perceived as a virtuous practice, given that it is an aspect of the women’s own efforts to live virtuous lives.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - Islamic education
KW - motherhood
KW - care
KW - piety
KW - Islam in Denmark
KW - Muslim women
U2 - 10.7146/tifo.v17i2.142404
DO - 10.7146/tifo.v17i2.142404
M3 - Journal article
VL - 18
SP - 39
EP - 61
JO - Tidsskrift for Islamforskning
JF - Tidsskrift for Islamforskning
SN - 1901-9580
IS - 2
ER -
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