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Islam, Migration and Jinn


Islam, Migration and Jinn

Spiritual Medicine in Muslim Health Management
The Modern Muslim World

von: Annabelle Böttcher, Birgit Krawietz

128,39 €

Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 13.03.2021
ISBN/EAN: 9783030612474
Sprache: englisch

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<p>This book explores the agency of Jinn, the so-called “demons of Islam”. They are regarded as mostly invisible and highly mobile creatures. In a globalized world with manifold forms of forced and voluntary&nbsp;migrations, Jinn&nbsp;are likewise on the move, interfering in the human world and affecting the mental and physical health of Muslims. This continuous&nbsp;challenge&nbsp;has so far been mainly addressed by&nbsp;traditional Muslim health management and by the so-called spiritual medicine or medicine of the Prophet. This book&nbsp;shifts perspective. Its interdisciplinary chapters deal with&nbsp;the transformation of manifold cultural resources by first&nbsp;analyzing&nbsp;the doctrinal and cultural history of Jinn and the treatment of Jinn affliction in Arabic texts and other sources. It then discusses case studies of&nbsp;Muslims and current health management approaches in the Middle East, namely in Egypt and Syria. Finally, it turns to the role of Jinn in a number of migratory settings such as Spain, Denmark, Great Britain and Guantanamo.<br></p>
1 Introduction.- 2 Demonic Beings: The Friends and Foes of Humans.- 3 Tipping the Scales towards and Islamic Spiritual Medicine: Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya&nbsp;on jinn and Epilepsy.- 4 Existence of Jinn and Jinn Possession as Affirmed by the Holy Sources.- 5 Battered Love in Contemporary Syria: Shi‘i Spiritual Healing with Abu Ahmad.- 6 Ruqya and the Olive Branch: A bricoleur Healer between Catalonia and Morocco.- 7 Healing, Agency and Life Crisis Among British Pakistani Ruqya Patients.- 8 Contextualising Female Jinn Possession in Sexual Trauma.- 9 Jinn and Mental Suffering by Immigrants in Europe: A Review of Literature.- 10 Jinn Beliefs in Western Psychiatry: A Study of Three Cases from a Psychiatric and Cultural Perspective.- 11 Jinn among Muslim Captives in Guantanamo and the “Global War on Terrorism”.&nbsp;
<p><b>Annabelle Böttcher</b>&nbsp;is Vice President, Dean of the Faculty of Social Work and Professor at the Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg in Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany, and Adjunct Professor at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense, Denmark. Her current research interests lie at the intersection of Islamic culture, health, (forced) migration and war.</p><p><b>Birgit Krawietz</b>&nbsp;is Professor of Islamic Studies at Freie Universität Berlin&nbsp;and the Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies, Germany. Her research focuses on&nbsp;Islamic law and medical ethics, cultural history, body and sports, the&nbsp;Arab Gulf region and Turkey.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;<br></p>
This book explores the agency of Jinn, the so-called “demons of Islam”. They are regarded as mostly invisible and highly mobile creatures. In a globalized world with manifold forms of forced and voluntary&nbsp;migrations, Jinn&nbsp;are likewise on the move, interfering in the human world and affecting the mental and physical health of Muslims. This continuous&nbsp;challenge&nbsp;has so far been mainly addressed by&nbsp;traditional Muslim health management and by the so-called spiritual medicine or medicine of the Prophet. This book&nbsp;shifts perspective. Its interdisciplinary chapters deal with&nbsp;the transformation of manifold cultural resources by first&nbsp;analyzing&nbsp;the doctrinal and cultural history of Jinn and the treatment of Jinn affliction in Arabic texts and other sources. It then discusses case studies of&nbsp;Muslims and current health management approaches in the Middle East, namely in Egypt and Syria. Finally, it turns to the role of Jinn in a number of migratorysettings such as Spain, Denmark, Great Britain and Guantanamo.<div><br></div><div><p><b>Annabelle Böttcher</b>&nbsp;is Vice President, Dean of the Faculty of Social Work and Professor at the Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg in Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany, and Adjunct Professor at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense, Denmark. Her current research interests lie at the intersection of Islamic culture, health, (forced) migration and war.</p><p><b>Birgit Krawietz</b>&nbsp;is Professor of Islamic Studies at Freie Universität Berlin&nbsp;and the Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies, Germany. Her research focuses on&nbsp;Islamic law and medical ethics, cultural history, body and sports, the&nbsp;Arab Gulf region and Turkey.</p></div>
Features contributions from academics and practitioners from Islamic studies, Islamic theology, Middle East studies, medical and social anthropology Contextualizes Jinn within Islamic religious writings and cosmology and provides case studies illustrating various forms of Jinn afflictions among migrants Covers a wide geographic area (North Africa, Europe, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Middle East) and the historic time span from early Islam to today

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