Muslim civil society and the politics of religious freedom in Turkey
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In: AAR religion, culture, and history
In: Southeastern Europe: L' Europe du sud-est, Volume 45, Issue 2, p. 265-268
ISSN: 1876-3332
In: Cultural studies, Volume 34, Issue 5, p. 688-706
ISSN: 1466-4348
In: The journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 26, Issue 2, p. 434-435
ISSN: 1467-9655
In: The Cambridge journal of anthropology, Volume 33, Issue 2
ISSN: 2047-7716
In: International journal of Middle East studies: IJMES, Volume 46, Issue 3, p. 609-611
ISSN: 1471-6380
In: Sociology of Islam, Volume 1, Issue 3-4, p. 145-164
ISSN: 2213-1418
Is Hizmet liberal? The question is intractable both for Hizmet actors and for the Turkish public sphere more broadly. In this essay, I marshal ethnographic research carried out over several years among Hizmet institutions in Istanbul to shed light on the politics of this question. I examine several characteristic Hizmet institutions in order to argue that Hizmet forges a synthesis between Islamic and liberal discourses and practices. This synthesis unravels dichotomous images of Islam and liberalism as necessarily opposed. In particular, I analyze ethical values such as "positive action" (müspet hareket), "service" (hizmet), and piety (taqwa), as well as initiatives, such as interreligious dialogue (dinler arası diyalog), carried out by Hizmet-affiliated charitable foundations/pious endowments (vakıflar). By way of conclusion, I reevaluate the title question of the article to unpack the dialectical tension embedded between liberal political projects and liberalism as a disciplining power.
In: International journal of Middle East studies: IJMES, Volume 46, Issue 2, p. 430-432
ISSN: 1471-6380
In: Southeastern Europe: L' Europe du sud-est, Volume 38, Issue 1, p. 153-156
ISSN: 1876-3332
In: Anthropos: internationale Zeitschrift für Völker- und Sprachenkunde : international review of anthropology and linguistics : revue internationale d'ethnologie et de linguistique, Volume 109, Issue 1, p. 313-314
ISSN: 2942-3139
In: New perspectives on Turkey: NPT, Volume 48, p. 160-164
ISSN: 1305-3299
In: Insight Turkey, Volume 12, Issue 3, p. 269-272
ISSN: 1302-177X
In: The black scholar: journal of black studies and research, Volume 6, Issue 1, p. 21-28
ISSN: 2162-5387