Religious Conviction & Social Activism Muslim Women in Rotterdam

Abstract

This article considers the connections between internal religious commitment and social activism through the life stories of Dutch-Moroccan women vigorously promoting gender equality in their communities. For these women, religious commitment spills outwards from personal conviction into physical demonstrations of religiosity, personal development, and consciousness raising. It is their individual identity as Muslims, and not their Moroccan or Dutch heritage, which determines the ways these women participate in Dutch public life.