Shame, Modesty, and Honor in Islam

Ayang Utriza Yakin is a guest lecturer in Islamic law and research associate at UCLouvain, Belgium, and a postdoctoral researcher at Sciences Po Bordeaux, France. Adis Duderija is Senior Lecturer in Islam and Society and Senior Fellow at the Centre for Interfaith and Intercultural Dialogue at Griffith University, Australia. An Van Raemdonck is postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Research on Culture and Gender, Ghent University, Belgium.

Shame, Modesty and Honor in Islam provides important clarifications and correctives regarding three concepts that are often seriously misunderstood when considered in Islamic contexts. This volume offers a range of perspectives, paying attention to the historical development and contemporary interpretations of shame, modesty and honor. The illustrative case studies cover majority Muslim countries as well as the challenges faced by Muslim living in minority situations.

• List of ContributorsList of abbreviations Note on Transliteration AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Examining the Concept of Haya?:Interpretations of Shame, Modesty, and Honor in Islam, Ayang Utriza Yakin (UCLouvain, Belgium), Adis Duderija (Griffith University, Australia), and An Van Raemdonck (Ghent University, Belgium)I. Shame, Modesty, and Honor in Islam: Reflections on Various Conceptualizations 1. Shame and Murû’a in Medieval Islam, Danilo Marino (BGMSC, Freie University, Germany) 2. Overcoming the Conceptual link between Patriarchal Honor and Female Modesty Laws in the Islamic Interpretive Tradition, Adis Duderija (Griffith University, Australia) 3. The Visible and Invisible Kaleidoscope of h?aya¯?: Theologies and Mystics of Modesty in the Persianate world (10th-17th centuries), Amelie Neuve-Eglise (INALCO, France) II. Shame, Modesty, and Honor in Islamic Environments4. Understanding Shame and Modesty in the context of Muslim Marriage Narratives of Syrian Refugee Women in Jordan, An Van Raemdonck (Ghent University, Belgium)5. Shame, Exile, and Muslim Masculinity among the Bellah Refugees from Mali in Niger, Souleymane Diallo (University of Munster, Germany)6. The Ultimate Vindication of Honour: Carok, Shame, and Islam in Madura, Indonesia, Yanwar Pribadi (Islamic International University of Indonesia, Indonesia)7. Islam, Modesty, and Dignity in Malaysia, Muhamad Ali (University of California Riverside, USA) 8. Fashion, Clothing, and Modesty in Republican Turkey, Alberto Fabio Ambrosio (Luxembourg School of Religion & Society, Luxembourg) 9. Heshima and Sexuality beyond Marriage:Gendered Interpretations of Morality in Zanzibar, Marloes Hamelink (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands) III. Shame, Modesty, and Honor in Islam in Minority Context 10. Coping with Honor, Shame, and Modesty:Muslims Undergoing Biomedical Treatments in Italy, Federica Sona (Max Planck Institute, Germany) 11. Between Family and Friends: Shame, Honor, and the Politics of Eating and Drinking Among South Asian British Muslims, John Lever (University of Huddersfield) and Irem Ozgoren Kinli (Izmir Kâtip Çelebi University) 12. Modesty and Malay/Muslim Women in Singapore: The Impact of Traditionalism and Revivalism, Norshahril Saat and Nur Syafiqah Mohd Taufek (NUS, Singapore) 13. Evolving Islamic Modesty in China: Confucianism, Arabization, & Sinicization, Wai-Yip Ho (Education University of Hong Kong, China) 14. The Headscarf and Modesty in Multicultural Aotearoa New Zealand:A Post Christchurch Attack Story , Eva F. Nisa (Australian National University, Australia) BibliographyIndex