RT Journal Article
T1 Controlling civic engagement of youth spanish muslims: Single representation, generational gap, and gender activism
A1 Eseverri Mayer, Cecilia
A1 Khir-Allah, Ghufran
AB This paper focuses on Muslim Civil Society structures and, more specifically, on the gap between the organizations from the first (migrant) generation and the new grammars of action of new generations of Spanish Muslims. The originality of this article lies in its power to address three fundamental questions: (1) Are the umbrella organizations silencing the demands of Muslim youth?; (2) How do Muslim youth resist such representative hegemony? and; (3) What specific strategies are Muslim women currently developing to gain representation and involvement in mainstream Spanish society? We find evidence for new grammars of action defying traditional authorities and reject decontextualized, asynchronous Islam. Young women are engaging in broader and inclusive activism, inspired by religion affiliation in order to reinforce their external solidarity and engagement in mainstream political structures. By contrast, young men are calling for a new Muslim leadership to reinforce primary solidarity and concentrate more on earning religious rights. For women, religion is a vector to participation and for men, it is a form of participation.
PB Springer Nature
SN 1872-0218
YR 2022
FD 2022-04-10
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/71513
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/71513
LA eng
NO CRUE-CSIC (Acuerdos Transformativos 2022)
DS Docta Complutense
RD 27 abr 2024