Arrival of legal Salafism and struggle for recognition in Germany: reflection and adaptation processes within the German da'wa movement between 2001 and 2022
The article investigates the transformation within a specific branch of German Salafism from a publicly-assertive da'wa (proselytizing) to a politically accommodating and legal advocacy movement. In doing so, a process analysis that focuses on internal and reflexive narrations among Salafi lead...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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September 2023
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Politics and religion
Year: 2023, Volume: 16, Issue: 3, Pages: 416-434 |
| ISSN: | 1755-0491 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/S1755048323000056 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1755048323000056 Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/politics-and-religion/article/arrival-of-legal-salafism-and-struggle-for-recognition-in-germanyreflection-and-adaptation-processes-within-the-german-dawa-movement-between-2001-and-2022/11D7CA75188D394A7D5023D8ED6064B8 
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| Author Notes: | Arndt Emmerich |
| Summary: | The article investigates the transformation within a specific branch of German Salafism from a publicly-assertive da'wa (proselytizing) to a politically accommodating and legal advocacy movement. In doing so, a process analysis that focuses on internal and reflexive narrations among Salafi leaders and lay members, through a three year-long mosque-based ethnography (2018-2021) and textual analysis (2008-2022), is employed. Previous studies focused predominately on the “Salafi growth phase” (2005-2015) in Germany that is associated with the attraction of exclusive group boundaries, flat hierarchies and informal networks. Less research exists on the current “decline phase”, which has commenced a re-orientation and critical reflection on past strategies and new ways of civic engagement and legal pragmatism. By exploring this new phase, the article integrates a longitudinal dimension into conventional research protocols on contemporary Salafism. The paper concludes with a discussion on the converging struggles for recognition among Muslim and other religious minorities in Europe, while linking these transformations to domestic opportunity structures rather than transnational reconfigurations of so-called “global Salafism”. |
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| Item Description: | Online veröffentlicht: 03 April 2023 Gesehen am 09.12.2024 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1755-0491 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/S1755048323000056 |