| 'Lived Islam' in India and Bangladesh: negotiating religion to realise reproductive aspirations. | |
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PMID: 22468853 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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This paper seeks to answer the question of how Muslim women interpret and negotiate religion in order to realise their reproductive aspirations. A close reading of lived experiences of 32 Muslim women from a varied educational background yields a wider perspective of the different interpretations of reproductive norms employed by adherents of the same religion (Islam), situated in two countries (India/Bangladesh) and group (majority/minority) contexts. Further, this comparative study yields a deeper understanding of agency that is employed by Muslim participants in each country. Muslim women - both in India and Bangladesh - are not passive followers of religious norms, but have agency to bring change in their own life and take an active role in planning their family, thereby transgressing religious norms in reproductive matters. Muslim women in India exercise their agency by adopting sterilisation - a method proscribed by Islam - without the knowledge of their significant others. Muslim women in Bangladesh use their agency by making a flexible interpretation of Islam in reproductive matters. A lesson learned from this comparative study is the need to remove barriers that prevent the adoption of contraceptives by Muslim minorities in India and to design family planning programmes that takes into account their religious needs. |
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Biswamitra Sahu; Inge Hutter |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-4-2 |
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Title: Culture, health & sexuality Volume: - ISSN: 1464-5351 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2012 Apr |
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Created Date: 2012-4-3 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 100883416 Medline TA: Cult Health Sex Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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a Population Research Centre, University of Groningen , Groningen , Netherlands. |
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