Islamic Traditions of Refuge in the Crises of Iraq and Syria (Religion and Global Migrations)

This book considers positions refugees take relative to the state, humanitarian actors and faith-based organisations in the humanitarian field. Attention is drawn to refugee agency as they negotiate circumstances of considerable constraint demonstrating relational dimensions of religious practice and experience. -- Amazon.com Front Matter....Pages i-xi Introduction Refuge in Religion and Migration....Pages 1-18 The Noble Sanctuary: Islamic Traditions of Refuge and Sanctuary....Pages 19-42 Sowing the Seeds of Displacement: Religion and Society in Ba’thist Iraq (1980–2003)....Pages 43-77 The Un-mixing of Neighborhoods: Iraq on the Eve of Displacement....Pages 79-107 Jockeying for Positions in the Humanitarian Field: Faith-Based Humanitarianism in Syria....Pages 109-134 Home Sacred Home....Pages 135-166 Epilogue Syrian Sanctuary? Finding Continuities between the Iraqi and Syrian Displacement Crises....Pages 167-191 Back Matter....Pages 193-225