Religious Conversion to Islam and Its Influence on Workplace Relationships in American and Egyptian Schools: A Case Study

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie Carol Brooks
Keyword(s):  
Religious Conversion ◽  
Workplace Relationships ◽  
Conversion To Islam

Feminist Ethnography in South Korea: Documenting Conversion to Islam in “Multicultural” Korea and the Gendered Struggle for Belonging

2021 ◽  
pp. 233-257
Author(s):  
Farrah Sheikh
Keyword(s):  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Religious Conversion ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Ethnic Community ◽  
Feminist Ethnography ◽  
Korean Society ◽  
Her Family ◽  
Conversion To Islam ◽  
Mainstream Society

This paper presents a feminist ethnographic account of the gendered struggle for belonging in “multicultural” Korea through an in-depth case study of a Korean Muslim woman convert and her family. Centering the informant and her family’s narratives, I explore the gendered implications linked to her conversion to Islam, her sense of belonging and how her inter-ethnic marriage challenges existing notions of labelled “multicultural families” in Korean society. This paper sheds light on the penalties associated with the case study’s religious conversion and marriage choice, demonstrating how she experiences exclusion from mainstream society and her own ethnic community. Far from being an isolated case, I will further convey how it is linked to several others in the literature, highlighting the urgent need for further field research.

Rebels, Believers, Survivors

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noel Malcolm
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Religious Conversion ◽  
Late Nineteenth Century ◽  
Napoleonic Wars ◽  
Conversion To Islam ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
History Of ◽  
External Powers ◽  
First Time ◽  
Modern Myth

This book of essays covers a wide range of topics in the history of Albania and Kosovo. Many of the essays illuminate connections between the Albanian lands and external powers and interests, whether political, military, diplomatic or religious. Such topics include the Habsburg invasion of Kosovo in 1689, the manoeuvrings of Britain and France towards the Albanian lands during the Napoleonic Wars, the British interest in those lands in the late nineteenth century, and the Balkan War of 1912. On the religious side, essays examine ‘crypto-Christianity’ in Kosovo during the Ottoman period, the stories of conversion to Islam revealed by Inquisition records, the first theological treatise written in Albanian (1685), and the work of the ‘Apostolic Delegate’ who reformed the Catholic Church in early twentieth-century Albania. Some essays bring to life ordinary individuals hitherto unknown to history: women hauled before the Inquisition, for example, or the author of the first Albanian autobiography. The longest essay, on Ali Pasha, tells for the first time the full story of the role he played in the international politics of the Napoleonic Wars. Some of these studies have been printed before (several in hard-to-find publications, and one only in Albanian), but the greater part of this book appears here for the first time. This is not only a contribution to Albanian and Balkan history it also engages with many broader issues, including religious conversion, methods of enslavement within the Ottoman Empire, and the nature of modern myth-making about national identity.

From Lew Alcindor to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Race, Religion, and Representation in Basketball, 1968–1975

2016 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 437-470
Author(s):  
ARAM GOUDSOUZIAN
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Religious Conversion ◽  
Black Athlete ◽  
Name Change ◽  
Politics And Religion ◽  
Conversion To Islam ◽  
Authority Figures ◽  
The Press ◽  
Self Discovery ◽  
Over Time

From 1968 to 1975, Lew Alcindor/Kareem Abdul-Jabbar traveled a turbulent personal path toward self-discovery. His journey had profound implications for the larger cultural landscape of race, sport, politics, and religion. As he became professional basketball's chief superstar, he was framed by the press as sullen and solitary, and he served as the villain in a media-driven storyline informed by popular prejudices. Yet for many African Americans and other progressive fans, he exemplified the ideals that made black power uplifting and affirmative, rather than threatening. His conversion to Islam and his name change further shaped new cultural and political territory for the black athlete. It highlighted a personal struggle within Abdul-Jabbar – he sought a kind of personal freedom, even as he revealed a tendency to subsume himself before strong authority figures. He nevertheless stood, in this period, as the nation's most prominent face of classical Islam. His religious conversion further distanced him from much of the American public, but over time he presented an effective, progressive narrative about the place of Islam in American life.

Onesimus A case study of slave conversion in early Christianity

1996 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 259-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
N.H. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Religious Conversion ◽  
Early Christianity ◽  
Early Church ◽  
Religious Practices ◽  
Historical Reconstruction ◽  
Christian Church ◽  
Christian Community ◽  
The World

AbstractScholarly interest in Onesimus has tended to focus on the history behind the letter to Philemon, the nature of Paul's request to Philemon, and the degree to which Philemon acceded to it. This study seeks to address these and other questions against the background of slavery and the religious practices of domestic slaves in the world of early Christianity. The case af Onesimus can illuminate the place of slaves in the early Church, and thereby broaden our understanding of religious conversion in early Christianity. The historical reconstruction offered here is that Onesimus sought the mediation of Paul in his dispute with Philemon. Paul seeks Onesimus's restoration to Philemon's household, and to the Christian community which gathered there. In leaving Philemon's house Onesimus had abandoned also the Christian church to which he had previously belonged, and Paul sought his reinstatement to both household and church. The study concludes with an application of Snow and Machelek's typology of the religious convert to Onesimus, as reflected in Paul's ideology as given expression in Philemon.

scholarly journals Educator Perspectives on Teacher Attrition and Retention in Private Early Childhood Schools in India

2021 ◽  
pp. 13-25
Author(s):  
Swathi Sandesh Menon ◽  
Donna Moucha Brackin
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Teacher Attrition ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
School Leaders ◽  
Workplace Relationships ◽  
Work Sharing ◽  
Schedule Flexibility ◽  
Education Leaders ◽  
Educator Perspectives

Teacher attrition is a challenge in many countries. This qualitative case study explored the perspectives of teachers and school leaders in India regarding how teacher attrition in private early childhood schools influences the students, teachers, parents, school leaders, and schools and the factors that stakeholders identify as important to retain teachers. Themes related to compensation for increased workloads, positive workplace relationships, schedule flexibility, teaching autonomy and rewards/recognition for work. Sharing these experiences and suggestions of educators on teacher attrition can help education leaders possibly lessen teacher attrition and retention in India.

scholarly journals Persepsi Mualaf Terhadap Pengisian Pengislaman dan Program Pembangunan Mualaf: Kajian di Negeri Sembilan

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-148
Author(s):  
Azman Ab. Rahman ◽  
Irwan Mohd Subri ◽  
Mahazan Abdul Mutalib @ Taib ◽  
Wan Mohd Fazrul Azdi Wan Razali ◽  
Nuradli Ridzwan Shah Mohd Dali ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Religious Conversion ◽  
Support Program ◽  
Effective Management ◽  
Conversion To Islam ◽  
Support Programmes ◽  
Muslim Communities

Islam has gained a place in the hearts of non-Muslim communities. As a proof, statistics released by the Syarie Lawyers Association of Malaysia recorded an increase in the number of converts up to 76,663 people all over Malaysia in 2000 until 2009. There are various factors that motivated these people to Islam. For example, some are impressed with the presentation by the preacher that approached Islam to this group. However, the role of management and replenishment program after conversion of an individual to Islam as an attraction to this group can not be set aside. Thus, this article is to identify the mualaf perception towards development programmes provided specifically convert in Negeri Sembilan.  Identification of some other aspects that need to be addressed  including from the angle of the Islamization process, charging the conversion and conversion support programmes has also became the focus of a discussion on convert in this article. The article found that the existing issue to convert almost meet all aspects of the conversion needs, but there are still several lacunas requiring the improvements. The article suggests a number of improvements to enhance the existing management mainly related modules or courses provided and also the duration of the course. Further study should be undertaken to identify constraints facing the mualaf management from time to time in order to enhance the effective management of mualaf from phase prior to, during and after conversion to Islam. Keywords: Mualaf Perception, Islamic Religious Conversion, Filling of Conversion, Convert Support Program, Negeri Sembilan. Abstrak Islam semakin mendapat tempat di hati masyarakat bukan Islam. Buktinya, statistik yang dikeluarkan oleh Persatuan Peguam Syarie Malaysia merekodkan peningkatan jumlah mualaf sehingga 76,663 orang di seluruh Malaysia bagi tahun 2000 sehingga tahun 2009. Terdapat pelbagai faktor yang mendorong golongan ini mendekati Islam. Misalnya, ada yang terkesan dengan penyampaian dakwah yang berhikmah oleh para daie yang mendekati golongan ini. Namun begitu, peranan pengurusan dan pengisian program selepas pengislaman seseorang individu sebagai daya tarikan kepada golongan ini tidak dapat diketepikan. Justeru, artikel ini adalah untuk mengenal pasti persepsi mualaf terhadap pengisian dan program pembangunan mualaf yang disediakan khususnya di Negeri Sembilan. Pengenalpastian beberapa aspek lain yang perlu diberi perhatian termasuklah dari sudut proses pengislaman, pengisian pengislaman dan program sokongan mualaf turut menjadi fokus perbincangan dalam artikel ini. Artikel mendapati bahawa pengisian sedia ada kepada mualaf hampir memenuhi kesemua aspek keperluan mualaf, namun masih terdapat beberapa lakuna yang memerlukan kepada penambahbaikan. Artikel mencadangkan beberapa penambahbaikan untuk memantapkan lagi pengurusan sedia ada terutamanya berkaitan modul atau kursus yang disediakan dan juga jangka masa kursus. Kajian lanjutan perlu dijalankan bagi mengenal pasti kekangan pengurusan mualaf yang dihadapi dari semasa ke semasa supaya dapat memantapkan lagi keberkesanan pengurusan mualaf mulai dari fasa sebelum, semasa dan selepas memeluk agama Islam. Kata kunci: Persepsi Mualaf, Pemelukan Agama Islam, Pengisian Pengislaman, Program Sokongan Mualaf, Negeri Sembilan.

scholarly journals Trade and Religious Conversion in the Malay World: Study on Islamization in the Inderapura Kingdom in the 17 th - 18 th Centuries AD

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-57
Author(s):  
Sudarman Sudarman ◽  
Awliya Rahmi ◽  
Urwatul Wusqo ◽  
Safrudin Halimy ◽  
Rahmawati Rahmawati
Keyword(s):  
Religious Conversion ◽  
18Th Century ◽  
Religious Study ◽  
Historical Reconstruction ◽  
The West ◽  
Social Approach ◽  
Left Hand ◽  
Conversion To Islam ◽  
The Indian Ocean

This study was derived from a paradegm developed by historians that the process of conversion to Islam in the Malay world was spread dominantly by the Sufis. As a result, historical reconstruction in this region has always been linked to the teachings, rituals and religious behavior of the Sufi. Based on available sources (manuscripts and archives), the role of traders was very significant in conversion to Islam in the Malay world. Through trade and religion, the countries in the Indian Ocean were interconnected. The religious conversion among traders grew faster as in the 17-18th century AD traders from various regions came to the West Coast of Sumatra to get spices. Most of these traders have embraced Islam. The Muslim traders carried the spirit of the Koran in their right hands and the commodities in the left hand. This spirit of spreading Islam was the driving force of the merchants to spread Islam in every place they visited. This research has implications for the community’s perspective on Islam in the Malay world because Islam that was brought by traders was progressive and flexible about the local culture. This study is a historical socio-religious study that is examined through three ap- proaches, namely historical approach, social approach, and religious approach. This study found that the religious conversion in the Malay world was succeeded mostly by the merchants. To facilitate the conversion, they married local women and negotiated with the authorized Sultan.

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