Author: Anna Piela

The Role of the Internet in the Formation of Muslim Subjectivity Among Polish Female Converts to Islam

22 Sep 2022

The Role of the Internet in the Formation of Muslim Subjectivity Among Polish Female Converts to Islam
Anna Piela, Joanna Krotofil, Katarzyna GĂłrak-Sosnowska, Beata Abdallah-Krzepkowska Article In this article, we discuss the main arguments related to female Muslim converts’ formation of a religious subjectivity in the context of studying Islam in online spaces. In distinguishing between Western and Eastern Europe, it is our purpose to highlight the significance of online sources for converts who inhabit geographic “peripheries” of Islam. After giving an overview of the literature that discusses Muslim subject formation…

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Beyond the Traditional-Modern Binary: Faith and Identity in Muslim Women’s Online Matchmaking Profiles

10 May 2011

Beyond the Traditional-Modern Binary: Faith and Identity in Muslim Women’s Online Matchmaking Profiles
Anna Piela Article Finding a suitable partner in both diasporic and non-diasporic settings proves increasingly challenging for young Muslims, especially those unable or not wanting to search within their kinship networks. At the same time, religious matchmaking websites are becoming increasingly common especially among Muslim women. As studies of Muslim matchmaking sites tend to focus on the ever-popular topic of the headscarf and its associations in the matchmaking…

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