GEMIC / Religion


Synthesis Report – Religion

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Secularism, dominant majority religions of the receiving countries (such as Catholicism, Islam and Orthodox Christianity), and migration history affect the way in which women (and men) live their religiosity in the public and in the private sphere. The relationship between gender, religion and liberal secularism is particularly diverse and depends on the local context. more .. »

objectives

* to undertake research on the intersections between gender, migration and religion, with particular emphasis on the development of transnational migrant identities based on global religious communities and the significance of gender relations therein.
* to develop an alternative framework for understanding religious institutions and/or practices as social spaces of intercultural interaction with particular emphasis on identifying examples of best practices of inter-religious dialogue.  <--more-->

Turkey – Report on Religious Practices

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In short, the Turkish field research suggests that Christian migrant women usually experience hybrid religiosity through engaging in different Islamic religious practices such as fasting during Ramadan, or celebrating Islamic holidays along with the rest of the society.
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Bulgaria – Report on Religion

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The goal of the present study is to investigate the relationship between migration, religion and gender in the case of Muslim immigrants in Bulgaria. The importance of such study in the context of Bulgaria is related to the specific position of the country with regard to migration. Located on the transit routes between Asia, Africa and the rest of Europe Bulgaria has become an entry gate to the European Union and gradually emerges as a new country of immigration. The study aims to investigate the process of negotiation of religious and gender identities in the context of migration and to analyze the role of religion in the adaptation of Muslim immigrant women in the secular society of Bulgaria.

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Greece – Report on religious practices

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This study has highlighted a series of openings and closures. Openings and closures that relate to the possibilities of intercultural interaction in the Greek context and the challenging of established gender roles. Religion, or better religions, has been the lens through which these dynamics were analysed.
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Italy – Report on Religious Practices

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In Italy the debate on the incompatibility, or the presumed incompatibility, between women’s rights, Italian identity/culture and Islamic values obscures other themes regarding immigrant women and religion. This comparative study attempted to redefine the terms of debate by observing similarities and differences in the process of the public transformation of minorities’ religions, and to challenge the idea that Islam is more “public”, more “challenging” than other religions.

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