I Am Niqabi: From Existential Unease to Cyber-Fundamentalism
Currently, niqabi women are more and more visible, even in traditionally non-Muslim societies. However, there is a deep ignorance with regard to their worldview in general and about them in particular. The aim of this paper, which is based on a research carried out using the Grounded Theory, is to g...
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| author | Ainz Galende, Alexandra Lozano Díaz, Antonia Fernández Prados, Juan Sebastián |
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| description | Currently, niqabi women are more and more visible, even in traditionally non-Muslim societies. However, there is a deep ignorance with regard to their worldview in general and about them in particular. The aim of this paper, which is based on a research carried out using the Grounded Theory, is to give answer to three fundamental questions: did niqabi women belonging to the Telegram channel Orgullo niqabi choose to become niqabis after experiencing some kind of crisis or existential unease? Has the grouping of these women in said channel contributed to the polarization of their posture on the niqab in some way? Additionally, if that is the case, has said polarization fueled or given rise to some ideology in particular? One of our conclusions, after conducting 27 in-depth interviews, is that most of these women opted for being niqabi and Muslim in response to the existential unease they experienced, which somehow kept them searching for some meaning in their lives. Another interesting aspect we have observed is that these women have reinforced their posture on the niqab, polarizing their perception in a fundamentalist way. Additionally, our third conclusion is that these women are cyber-fundamentalists, given that, besides the reactionary nature of their ideology, they construct it in a modern way. |
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| spelling | oai:repositorio.ual.es:10835-106172023-04-12T19:24:16Z I Am Niqabi: From Existential Unease to Cyber-Fundamentalism Ainz Galende, Alexandra Lozano Díaz, Antonia Fernández Prados, Juan Sebastián anomie cyber fundamentalism existential unease fundamentalism niqabi olarization Currently, niqabi women are more and more visible, even in traditionally non-Muslim societies. However, there is a deep ignorance with regard to their worldview in general and about them in particular. The aim of this paper, which is based on a research carried out using the Grounded Theory, is to give answer to three fundamental questions: did niqabi women belonging to the Telegram channel Orgullo niqabi choose to become niqabis after experiencing some kind of crisis or existential unease? Has the grouping of these women in said channel contributed to the polarization of their posture on the niqab in some way? Additionally, if that is the case, has said polarization fueled or given rise to some ideology in particular? One of our conclusions, after conducting 27 in-depth interviews, is that most of these women opted for being niqabi and Muslim in response to the existential unease they experienced, which somehow kept them searching for some meaning in their lives. Another interesting aspect we have observed is that these women have reinforced their posture on the niqab, polarizing their perception in a fundamentalist way. Additionally, our third conclusion is that these women are cyber-fundamentalists, given that, besides the reactionary nature of their ideology, they construct it in a modern way. 2021-05-03T08:40:30Z 2021-05-03T08:40:30Z 2021-04-25 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2075-4698 http://hdl.handle.net/10835/10617 https://doi.org/10.3390/soc11020040 en https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/11/2/40 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess MDPI |
| spellingShingle | anomie cyber fundamentalism existential unease fundamentalism niqabi olarization Ainz Galende, Alexandra Lozano Díaz, Antonia Fernández Prados, Juan Sebastián I Am Niqabi: From Existential Unease to Cyber-Fundamentalism |
| title | I Am Niqabi: From Existential Unease to Cyber-Fundamentalism |
| title_full | I Am Niqabi: From Existential Unease to Cyber-Fundamentalism |
| title_fullStr | I Am Niqabi: From Existential Unease to Cyber-Fundamentalism |
| title_full_unstemmed | I Am Niqabi: From Existential Unease to Cyber-Fundamentalism |
| title_short | I Am Niqabi: From Existential Unease to Cyber-Fundamentalism |
| title_sort | i am niqabi: from existential unease to cyber-fundamentalism |
| topic | anomie cyber fundamentalism existential unease fundamentalism niqabi olarization |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10835/10617 https://doi.org/10.3390/soc11020040 |
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