Being Young and Muslim: New Cultural Politics in the Global South and North (Religion and Global Politics)

"This is an excellent collection of essays on youth in a number of Muslim majority (and minority) societies in the context of globalization and modernity. A particular strength of this volume is its ability to highlight the multiple and contested roles of religion and personal faith in the fashioning of contemporary youthful Muslim identities. Such insights often challenge secular Western master narratives of modernity and suggest credible reconceptualizations of what it means to be young and modern in a broad swath of the world today." -- Asma Afsaruddin, Professor of Islamic Studies, Indiana University In recent years, there has been a proliferation of interest in youth issues and Muslim youth in particular. Young Muslims have been thrust into the global spotlight in relation to questions about security and extremism, work and migration, and rights and citizenship. This book interrogates the cultures and politics of Muslim youth in the global South and North to understand their trajectories, conditions, and choices. Drawing on wide-ranging research from Indonesia to Iran and Germany to the U.S., it shows that while the majority of young Muslims share many common social, political, and economic challenges, they exhibit remarkably diverse responses to them. Far from being "exceptional," young Muslims often have as much in common with their non-Muslim global generational counterparts as they share among themselves. As they migrate, forge networks, innovate in the arts, master the tools of new media, and assert themselves in the public sphere, Muslim youth have emerged as important cultural and political actors on a world stage. Introduction: being young and muslim in neoliberal times / Asef Bayat and Linda Herrera Muslim youth and the claim of youthfulness / Asef Bayat The drama of jihad: the emergence of salafi youth in Indonesia / Noorhaidi Hasan Moroccan youth and political Islam / Mounia Bennani-Chraïbi Rebels without a cause? a politics of deviance in Saudi Arabia / Abdullah al-Otaibi and Pascal Ménoret The battle of the ages: contests for religious authority in the Gambia / Marloes Janson Cyber resistance: Palestinian youth and emerging internet culture / Makram Khoury-Machool Young Egyptians' quest for jobs and justice / Linda Herrera Reaching a larger world: Muslim youth and expanding circuitries of operation / Abdoumaliq Simone Being young, Muslim and American in Brooklyn / Moustafa Bayoumi "Also the school is a temple": republicanism, imagined transnational spaces, and the schooling of Muslim youth in France / André Elias Mazawi Avoiding "youthfulness"? Young Muslims negotiating gender and citizenship in France and Germany / Schirin Amir-Moazami Struggles over defining the moral city: Islam and urban public life in Iran / Azam Khatam Securing futures: youth, generation, and Muslim identities in Niger / Adeline Masquelier "Rasta" sufis and Muslim youth culture in Mali / Benjamin F. Soares Performance, politics and visceral transformation: post-Islamist youth in Turkey / Ayşe Saktanber Negotiating with modernity: young women and sexuality in Iran / Fatemeh Sadeghi Fundamental's "jihad rap" / Ted Swedenburg Maroc-hop: music and youth identities in the Netherlands / Miriam Gazzah Heavy metal in the Middle East: new urban spaces in a translocal underground / Pierre Hecker Music VCDs and the new generation: negotiating youth, femininity and Islam in Indonesia / Suzanne Naafs Conclusion: knowing muslim youth / Linda Herrera and Asef Bayat. "In recent years, there has been a proliferation of interest in youth issues and Muslim youth in particular. Young Muslims have been thrust into the global spotlight in relation to questions about security and extremism, work and migration, and rights and citizenship. This book interrogates the cultures and politics of Muslim youth in the global South and North to understand their trajectories, conditions, and choices. Drawing on wide-ranging research from Indonesia to Iran and Germany to the U.S., it shows that while the majority of young Muslims share many common social, political, and economic challenges, they exhibit remarkably diverse responses to them. Far from being "exceptional," young Muslims often have as much in common with their non-Muslim global generational counterparts as they share among themselves. As they migrate, forge networks, innovate in the arts, master the tools of new media, and assert themselves in the public sphere, Muslim youth have emerged as important cultural and political actors on a world stage."--Publisher description