Islamic Traditions of Refuge in the Crises of Iraq and Syria [electronic resource] /
Zaman, Tahir.author.
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 based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
Religion and sociology.
Islam.
Emigration and immigration.
Social structure.
Social inequality.
Religion and Society.
Sociology of Religion.
Islam.
Migration.
Social Aspects of Religion.
Social Structure, Social Inequality.