Faith, Ideology and Fear: Muslim Identities Within and Beyond Prisons - Couverture rigide

Marranci, Gabriele

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1847060331 ISBN 13 : 9781847060334

Editeur : Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd., 2009

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

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.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Gabriele Marranci is Lecturer in the Department of Divinity and Religious Studies, University of Aberdeen, UK.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1847060331
• ISBN 13: 9781847060334
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 192