Queer Muslims in Europe: Sexuality, Religion and Migration in Belgium by Wim Peu

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Belgium was the second country in the world to introduce same-sex marriage. It has an elaborate legal system for protecting the rights of LGBT individuals in general and LGBT asylum seekers in particular. At the same time, since 2015 the country has become known as the `jihadi centre of Europe' and criticized for its `homonationalism' where some queer subjects - such as ethnic, racial and religious minorities, or those with a migrant background - are excluded from the dominant discourse on LGBT rights.Queer Muslims living in the country exist in this complex context and their identities are often disregarded as implausible. This book foregrounds the lived experiences of queer Muslims who migrated to Belgium because of their sexuality and queer Muslims who are the children of economic migrants. Based on extensive fieldwork, Wim Peumans examines how these Muslims negotiate silence and disclosure around their sexuality and understand their religious beliefs. He also explores how the sexual identity of queer Muslims changes within a context of transnational migration. In focusing on people with different migration histories and ethnic backgrounds, this book challenges the heteronormativity of Migration Studies and reveals the interrelated issues involved in migration, sexuality and religion. The research will be valuable for those working on immigration, refugees, LGBT issues, public policy and contemporary Muslim studies.

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Wim Peumans is an associated researcher in the African Centre for Migration and Society at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. In 2016, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the same center, working on the Andrew Mellon funded project, "Governing Morality: Sexuality, Gender and Asylum in South Africa." As a fellow of the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO - Vlaanderen). He obtained his Ph.D. in social and cultural anthropology at the Interculturalism, Migration and Minorities Research Centre at KU Leuven. He has also been a visiting trainee fellow at the University of Kent - Canterbury. Peumans' Master's thesis was published as a book and his work has appeared in various journals, including Sexualities, the Journal of Diversity and Gender Studies, Studi Emigrazione/Migration Studies.

Table of Contents

IntroductionPart I. Towards an Understanding of Silence and Disclosure1. Belgium: the heart of a Europe in crisis2. Moralities of Gender, Sexuality and Kinship: Navigating Silence and Disclosure in Kin Relationships3. Sexuality in a Transnational Social field: The Family VisitPart II. Hardships of the Heart: Same-Sex Sexualities and Transnational Migration4. Sexuality and Asylum in Changing Moral Worlds5. Migration and the Transformations of Intimacy6. The Pinnacle of Homonormativity? Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Migrants in the Pride ParadePart III. Between Piety and Pleasure: Ambivalence and the Moral Self7. 'Inside I Feel it Seethe and Boil': the Moral Breakdown between Religion and Sexuality8. 'There is Nothing I Can Do!': changing Ritual Practices, Changing Moral SelvesBreakdown? On Ambivalence and the Moral Self8.5. ConclusionAppendix 1. List of Organizations and ParticipantsNotes

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Belgium was the second country in the world to introduce same-sex marriage.

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Foregrounding the lived experiences of queer Muslims, this book challenges the heteronormativity of Migration Studies and reveals the interrelated issues involved in migration, sexuality and religion

Details ISBN0755600738 Author Wim Peumans Pages 304 ISBN-10 0755600738 ISBN-13 9780755600731 Format Paperback Imprint I.B. Tauris Subtitle Sexuality, Religion and Migration in Belgium Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 297.08664 Series Gender and Islam Year 2019 Publication Date 2019-11-28 Short Title Queer Muslims in Europe Language English UK Release Date 2019-11-28 NZ Release Date 2019-11-28 Illustrations 4 bw Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Audience General AU Release Date 2019-11-27 We've got this

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