Research Article

Pets: Theological Dilemmas and Spatial Accommodation Among Turkish-Speaking Migrants in the Northwest of England

Volume: 6 Number: 1 June 15, 2022
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Pets: Theological Dilemmas and Spatial Accommodation Among Turkish-Speaking Migrants in the Northwest of England

Abstract

Based on individual interviews in the Northwest of England, this article examines how Turkish-speaking (TS) migrants experience pet practices. Building on approaches to space-making practices, as well as studies on everyday lived religion, this article explores how TS migrants constitute pet practices within their understanding of Islam and the context in where they live.
This article shifts the emphasis from the study of texts to the study of lived practices. This study explores how texts are employed in distinctive ways by individuals in everyday life. Additionally, it has been discussed that Muslims’ lives cannot be reduced to text only. Instead, the text and the context mutually reconstitute individuals’ everyday lives. TS migrants established a way of life by taking seriously into account the mutual relationships between the text and the context. They lived in a certain context without excluding the text. This study explored that their everyday lives are inspired by the text. Particularly, pet practices are chosen to demonstrate the negotiation between the text and the context.
Despite the increase of pet practices among Muslims in Europe, including Britain, it is less researched. Examining the stories of six men in the UK who are mixed married, this article pushes further the discussions of Islamic views on dogs, by exploring the challenges that male migrants face theologically and socially, and strategically adapting to deal with unique situations and their everyday experiences. It reveals that mixed married TS migrants come across two main strategies to deal with this practice: convincing kids to avoid dog adoption or creating religious spaces in the home sphere by not allowing dogs to enter certain rooms.  

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Religious Studies

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

June 15, 2022

Submission Date

March 23, 2022

Acceptance Date

June 6, 2022

Published in Issue

Year 2022 Volume: 6 Number: 1

APA
Çoştu, M. D. (2022). Pets: Theological Dilemmas and Spatial Accommodation Among Turkish-Speaking Migrants in the Northwest of England. Journal of Analytic Divinity, 6(1), 79-101. https://doi.org/10.46595/jad.1092437
AMA
1.Çoştu MD. Pets: Theological Dilemmas and Spatial Accommodation Among Turkish-Speaking Migrants in the Northwest of England. JAD. 2022;6(1):79-101. doi:10.46595/jad.1092437
Chicago
Çoştu, Mehmet Davut. 2022. “Pets: Theological Dilemmas and Spatial Accommodation Among Turkish-Speaking Migrants in the Northwest of England”. Journal of Analytic Divinity 6 (1): 79-101. https://doi.org/10.46595/jad.1092437.
EndNote
Çoştu MD (June 1, 2022) Pets: Theological Dilemmas and Spatial Accommodation Among Turkish-Speaking Migrants in the Northwest of England. Journal of Analytic Divinity 6 1 79–101.
IEEE
[1]M. D. Çoştu, “Pets: Theological Dilemmas and Spatial Accommodation Among Turkish-Speaking Migrants in the Northwest of England”, JAD, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 79–101, June 2022, doi: 10.46595/jad.1092437.
ISNAD
Çoştu, Mehmet Davut. “Pets: Theological Dilemmas and Spatial Accommodation Among Turkish-Speaking Migrants in the Northwest of England”. Journal of Analytic Divinity 6/1 (June 1, 2022): 79-101. https://doi.org/10.46595/jad.1092437.
JAMA
1.Çoştu MD. Pets: Theological Dilemmas and Spatial Accommodation Among Turkish-Speaking Migrants in the Northwest of England. JAD. 2022;6:79–101.
MLA
Çoştu, Mehmet Davut. “Pets: Theological Dilemmas and Spatial Accommodation Among Turkish-Speaking Migrants in the Northwest of England”. Journal of Analytic Divinity, vol. 6, no. 1, June 2022, pp. 79-101, doi:10.46595/jad.1092437.
Vancouver
1.Mehmet Davut Çoştu. Pets: Theological Dilemmas and Spatial Accommodation Among Turkish-Speaking Migrants in the Northwest of England. JAD. 2022 Jun. 1;6(1):79-101. doi:10.46595/jad.1092437

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