RT Article
T1 Pop-up Mosques, Social Media Adhan, and the Making of Female and LGBTQ-Inclusive Imams
JF Journal of Muslims in Europe
VO 8
IS 2
SP 178
OP 196
A1 Petersen, Jesper 1982-
LA English
PB Brill
YR 2019
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1684872030
AB The last few decades have seen the appearance of a number of mosques that do not constitute buildings; they are mosques without bricks. This article therefore defines a new concept, the pop-up mosque, as an analytical term for the temporary conversion of an other-purposed space into a mosque, which is used for Islamic rituals such as Friday prayer and marriages. The pop-up mosque can produce religious leaders such as female imams and it thereby becomes the stage on which nonconformist discourses such as Islamic feminism are embodied and enacted. The article also investigates the relation between social media and the pop-up mosque and defines the concept of ‘social media adhan' as a prayer call that goes out through various channels on the internet. The article is based on field work and interviews conducted primarily in Denmark, Germany and Switzerland.
K1 Denmark
K1 Islam
K1 Islamic Feminism
K1 LGBTQ
K1 SoMe adhan
K1 Adhan
K1 female imam
K1 Gender
K1 mosque
K1 pop-up mosque
K1 social media adhan
DO 10.1163/22117954-12341392