Muslim i ett icke-muslimskt samhälle : En kvalitativ studie med fokus på fem muslimer som flyttat till Sverige från Turkiet

• Main Author: Demircioglu, Dilan
• Format: Others
• Language: Swedish
• Published: Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för genus, kultur och historia 2010
• Subjects: Islam; Muslim; Sweden; Turkey; non-Muslim country; identity; modernity; migrant; migration; muslim; Sverige; Turkiet; icke-muslimskt land; identitetskapande; modernitet; invandrare
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-3599

The purpose of this study is to examine whether religious behavior or religious identity changes when a person with Muslim background moves to a Christian country and also very secular such as Sweden.  I have interviewed five people with Muslim background that have moved from Turkey to Sweden. In this study I have applied Anthony Giddens and Thomas Ziehe's theories about building up an identity but also Nader Ahmadis theory of migration and identity. The results of this study show that there is a change in the practice of religion but also that this differs between these five people who came from the same country. Nevertheless, a change in the practice of religion can on one hand be as a result of modernity and on the other hand, exclusion of family. It also proves that it is not possible to draw general conclusions on this issue instead it should be looked at from an individual perspective.