{"product_id":"shifting-allegiances-networks-of-kinship-and-of-faith-the-womens-program-in-a-syrian-mosque-paperback","title":"Shifting Allegiances: Networks of Kinship and of Faith: The Women's Program in a Syrian Mosque - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIsabel Moyra Dale\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePeter G. Riddell\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat happens when Muslim women gather together at the mosque to read the Qur'an, learn, and pray? How does family loyalty interact with mosque attendance for women? This book explores the growing Muslim women's piety movement through looking at one women's program in a Syrian suburban mosque. Community models shape individual behavior. The place and power of blessing help define the boundaries between orthodox and popular Islam. Modesty and shame, feasts and fasting, purity and prayer, interact to shape daily life possibilities for women involved in the mosque program. At the same time, the growing accessibility of religious teaching for women allows them to take up new places of authority in the Muslim ummah. Women read the Qur'an not just for blessing, but for what it has to say to issues of daily female and family life. And the words of communal dhikr devotion offer a window into the worshippers' consciousness of God and of Muhammad, Prophet of Islam. This detailed examination of a women's mosque program places it within the wider contemporary movement of piety and da'wa (mission) in Islam, offering an insight into the forces that are shaping communities and countries today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoyra Dale has lived and worked for many years in the Middle East, particularly Egypt and Syria. She has been involved in teaching and teacher training in Arabic Adult Literacy, and Teaching English as a Foreign Language. She now teaches in Cultural Anthropology and Islam.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 13, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42736760160352,"sku":"9781498237185","price":53.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/q1Cham37bZ9781498237185.webp?v=1777845477","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/shifting-allegiances-networks-of-kinship-and-of-faith-the-womens-program-in-a-syrian-mosque-paperback","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}