Sharing and Caring
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...
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Forum for Islamforskning
2023-12-01
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| author | Maria Lindebæk Lyngsøe |
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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.
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| spelling | doaj.art-676b71b4d252438d9b54909eabac226f2023-12-15T01:03:05ZdanForum for IslamforskningTidsskrift for Islamforskning1901-95802023-12-0117210.7146/tifo.v17i2.142404Sharing and CaringMaria Lindebæk Lyngsøe 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. https://tifoislam.dk/article/view/142404Islamic educationmotherhoodcarepietyIslam in Denmark |
| spellingShingle | Maria Lindebæk Lyngsøe Sharing and Caring Tidsskrift for Islamforskning Islamic education motherhood care piety Islam in Denmark |
| title | Sharing and Caring |
| title_full | Sharing and Caring |
| title_fullStr | Sharing and Caring |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sharing and Caring |
| title_short | Sharing and Caring |
| title_sort | sharing and caring |
| topic | Islamic education motherhood care piety Islam in Denmark |
| url | https://tifoislam.dk/article/view/142404 |
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