Framing the Muslim subject, contesting the secular citizen: Tablighi Jamaat and the (trans)nationalization of Islam in Singapore

This paper explores how the (trans)nationalization of Islam can lead to differential understandings of the Muslim subject and secular citizen in Singapore. (Trans)nationalization problematizes the state‐led regulation of religion by revealing the complexities that emerge when religious subject posit...

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Vydáno v:Global networks (Oxford) Ročník 23; číslo 3; s. 599 - 615
Hlavní autor: Woods, Orlando
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Oxford Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.07.2023
Témata:
(trans)nationalization
Attribution
Citizens
Citizenship
Frame analysis
Islam
Meaning
Migrant workers
Migrants
Missionaries
Morality
Mosques
Muslim subject
Muslims
Nationalization
Noncitizens
Religion
secular citizenship
Secularism
Singapore
Tablighi Jamaat
Singapore
ISSN:1470-2266, 1471-0374
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Shrnutí:This paper explores how the (trans)nationalization of Islam can lead to differential understandings of the Muslim subject and secular citizen in Singapore. (Trans)nationalization problematizes the state‐led regulation of religion by revealing the complexities that emerge when religious subject positions are indexed to citizenship status. Islamic expression is closely regulated in Singapore, meaning the Singaporean Muslim subject is framed by the state in secular‐first terms. Complicating this framing is the presence of Bangladeshi migrant workers, who, by virtue of their visa and residency statuses, are viewed as transient members of society and denied access to citizenship. Non‐citizenship causes a variety of Islamic expressions to become viable pathways to religious subject formation, including those associated with Islamic missionary movement, Tablighi Jamaat. By claiming these subject positions, Bangladeshi Tablighis become vectors through which Singapore's Muslim spaces are exposed to transnational Islamic influences, causing the mosque to be imbued with divergent, and sometimes contested, meanings and attributions of value.
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ISSN:1470-2266
1471-0374
DOI:10.1111/glob.12402