ISBN:
9781137550057
,
1137550058
,
9781349564187
Language:
English
Pages:
225 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Series Statement:
Religion and global migrations
DDC:
297.2/7
Keywords:
Asylum, Right of Religious aspects
;
Islam
;
Iraq War, 2003-2011 Refugees
;
Flucht
;
Exil
;
Flüchtling
;
Religion
;
Islam
;
Identität
;
Religionsausübung
;
Religiöse Einrichtung
;
Syria History Civil War, 2011-
;
Refugees
;
Irak
;
Syrien
;
Golfkrieg
;
Bürgerkrieg in Syrien
;
Displaced Person
;
Flüchtlingshilfe
;
Islam
Abstract:
This book considers positions refugees take relative to the state, humanitarian actors and faith-based organisations in the humanitarian field. Attention is drawn to refugee agency as they negotiate circumstances of considerable constraint demonstrating relational dimensions of religious practice and experience.
Description / Table of Contents:
Refuge in religion and migration -- The noble sanctuary: islamic traditions of refuge and sanctuary -- Sowing the seeds of displacement: religion and society in Baʻthist Iraq (1980-2003) -- The un-mixing of neighborhoods: Iraq on the eve of displacement -- Jockeying for positions in the humanitarian field: faith-based humanitarianism in Syria -- Home sacred home -- Epilogue: Syrian sanctuary: finding continuities between the Iraqi and Syrian displacement crises.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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