The Reluctant Custodians of Religion: Online (Non)Presence of Lithuania’s Muslim Religious Organisations
The present research, based on the analysis of the Lithuanian language Online Islamic Environments (OIEs) and in-depth semi-structured interviews with leading figures in local Muslim religious organizations, sought to answer the question of to what extent Lithuania’s Muslim institutional actors have...
| Subtitles: | Islamic Religious Guidance in Eastern Europe |
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| Authors: | ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
2026
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| In: |
Journal of Muslims in Europe
Year: 2026, Volume: 15, Issue: 1, Pages: 29-49 |
| Further subjects: | B
Islamic authority
B Lithuanian Muslims B Islam in Lithuania B Islamic knowledge B online Islamic environments |
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| Summary: | The present research, based on the analysis of the Lithuanian language Online Islamic Environments (OIEs) and in-depth semi-structured interviews with leading figures in local Muslim religious organizations, sought to answer the question of to what extent Lithuania’s Muslim institutional actors have realized the purported potential of the OIEs and have been utilizing them for their own benefit. The research revealed that the Lithuanian Muslim institutional religious actors have only to a very limited extent realized the potential of the OIEs in dispensing of Islamic knowledge and this way attracting new adherents, and also establishing themselves as Islamic authorities. Thus, qualified actors are passive in their engagement with the OIEs, while the most active lack the necessary religious credentials and status. In result, the Lithuanian Muslim religious entities appear, so far, to contribute very little to the Lithuanian OIEs and are totally on the periphery of the global OIEs. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-7954 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Muslims in Europe
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22117954-bja10137 |
