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
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.
Table of Contents
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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