Islam Is Not Bad, Muslims Are: I’m Done with Islam
The present paper addresses the motives that make some inhabitants of the Spanish province of Granada that converted to Islam leave it after some time. We have approached this reality using grounded theory and conducting nineteen in-depth interviews. Two of the main conclusions are that all intervie...
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| author | Ainz Galende, Alexandra Rodríguez Puertas, Rubén |
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| description | The present paper addresses the motives that make some inhabitants of the Spanish province of Granada that converted to Islam leave it after some time. We have approached this reality using grounded theory and conducting nineteen in-depth interviews. Two of the main conclusions are that all interviewees were under great pressure due to the expectations that Muslims they interacted with—partners, family, people from Muslim associations or internet groups, etc.—had of them, and that said expectations were based on interpretations of a fundamentalist nature. Additionally, the fact that these people left Islam makes it evident that their existence is grounded in a ‘self’ under constant construction and open to the possibility of starting to be, continuing to be, or changing depending on their personal choice. |
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| spelling | oai:repositorio.ual.es:10835-123702023-04-12T19:24:29Z Islam Is Not Bad, Muslims Are: I’m Done with Islam Ainz Galende, Alexandra Rodríguez Puertas, Rubén converts ex-Muslims fundamentalism haram Islam self The present paper addresses the motives that make some inhabitants of the Spanish province of Granada that converted to Islam leave it after some time. We have approached this reality using grounded theory and conducting nineteen in-depth interviews. Two of the main conclusions are that all interviewees were under great pressure due to the expectations that Muslims they interacted with—partners, family, people from Muslim associations or internet groups, etc.—had of them, and that said expectations were based on interpretations of a fundamentalist nature. Additionally, the fact that these people left Islam makes it evident that their existence is grounded in a ‘self’ under constant construction and open to the possibility of starting to be, continuing to be, or changing depending on their personal choice. 2021-10-04T10:50:51Z 2021-10-04T10:50:51Z 2021-09-24 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2077-1444 http://hdl.handle.net/10835/12370 https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12100798 en https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/12/10/798 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess MDPI |
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| title | Islam Is Not Bad, Muslims Are: I’m Done with Islam |
| title_full | Islam Is Not Bad, Muslims Are: I’m Done with Islam |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Islam Is Not Bad, Muslims Are: I’m Done with Islam |
| title_short | Islam Is Not Bad, Muslims Are: I’m Done with Islam |
| title_sort | islam is not bad, muslims are: i’m done with islam |
| topic | converts ex-Muslims fundamentalism haram Islam self |
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