Islamic Traditions of Refuge in the Crises of Iraq and Syria – Tahir Zaman

Islamic Traditions of Refuge in the Crises of Iraq and Syria – Tahir Zaman

Author: Tahir Zaman

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York

Print Length: 225 pages

Genre: Non-Fiction / Migration & Refugee Studies

Area: Iraq, Syria

People: Iraqi, Syrian

Topic: Humanitarian Action & Humanitarianism, Islamic Studies / Theology, Ethics and Philosophy, Migration, The Notion of Home

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.

List of Illustrations 
Acknowledgments 
A Note on Language

Introduction Refuge in Religion and Migration
Chapter 1 The Noble Sanctuary: Islamic Traditions of Refuge and Sanctuary 
Chapter 2 Sowing the Seeds of Displacement: Religion and Society in Ba’thist Iraq (1980–2003)
Chapter 3 The Un-mixing of Neighborhoods: Iraq on the Eve of Displacement
Chapter 4 Jockeying for Positions in the Humanitarian Field: Faith-Based Humanitarianism in Syria 
Chapter 5 Home Sacred Home 
Epilogue Syrian Sanctuary? Finding Continuities between the Iraqi and Syrian Displacement Crises

Notes 
Glossary 
Bibliography
Index

Tahir Zaman is a visiting research fellow at the Center for Research on Migration, Refugees & Belonging (CMRB) at the University of East London, UK, and a Senior Teaching Fellow at SOAS, University of London, UK. His research is primarily focused on the social and cultural lives of displaced people in the Middle East.

Source: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9781137550064

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