Prison as a Site of Intense Religious Change: The Example of Conversion to Islam

Based on the findings of mixed-methods research conducted with 279 Muslim prisoners in 10 prisons in England, Switzerland and France, this paper argues that contemporary European prisons are sites of intense religious change, in which many people born outside Islam and many born-Muslims believe in a...

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Authors: Wilkinson, Matthew (Author) ; Irfan, Lamia (Author) ; Quraishi, Muzammil (Author) ; Schneuwly Purdie, Mallory 1973- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2021]
In: Religions
Year: 2021, Volume: 12, Issue: 3
Further subjects:B Prison
B Prisoner
B Islamism
B Islam
B intensifying
B Worldview
B Rehabilitation
B Conversion
B Muslim
B Switching
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