Thesis (Ph.D.)--Ohio University, August, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-220)

Thesis (M. W. S.), Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1998. / Bibliography: leaves [176]-182.

Thesis (M.A.)--Trinity International University, 1999. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 107-111).

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 2009. / Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 48-02, page: .

Thesis (Ph. D.)--UCLA, 2009. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 292-310).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2006. / Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center; full text release delayed at author's request until 2007 May 25

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Ohio University, August, 2004. / Title from PDF t.p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-220)

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2006. / Title from first page of PDF file (viewed June 13, 2006). Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 282-302).

Blandäktenskap inom islam definieras som att gifta sig utanför tron och skiljer mellan män samt kvinnor. Män är tillåtna att gifta sig med en kvinna från de Abrahamitiska religionerna (Judisk/Kristen). Kvinnor däremot får enbart ingå äktenskap med en muslimsk man.Denna kandidatuppsats i sociologi hade som syfte att via en kvalitativ ansats undersöka hur troende muslimska män i Sverige ser på muslimska kvinnors rätt att ingå äktenskap utanför islam.Undersökningen inriktar sig på vilka synsätt och attityder männen har angående blandäktenskap. Eftersom kvinnans position i val av äktenskap var ett återkommande tema under studien, valde vi att även att behandla frågan, hur påverkas muslimska kvinnor av dessa synsätt och attityder. Studiens primärdata samlades in genom sex semistrukturerade intervjuer med sex troende muslimska män i Sverige, utan någon relation till varandra. Behandling av empiriskt insamlade data utfördes genom tematisering som slutligen ledde till fyra teman.Syftet med studien är att använda R.W. Connells maskulinitetsteori (hegemonisk maskulinitet) och begreppet homosocialitet för att analysera muslimska mäns attityder samt synsätt ifråga om muslimska kvinnors rätt att ingå blandäktenskap.Resultaten visade att samtliga sex intervjuade muslimska män hade en negativ inställning till muslimska kvinnors rätt att gifta sig utanför islam. Männen var även negativa till förändringar i förhållande till kvinnor och ökade rättigheter ifråga om blandäktenskap. Somliga män fokuserade mer på tolkningar samt antaganden om religiösa texter, medan andra la emfas på kultur och tradition. Ett tydligt mönster bland de muslimska männen var åsikten att äktenskap är en kollektiv angelägenhet snarare än en individuell rättighet. Vi har dragit slutsatsen att det finns en skillnad mellan män och kvinnor ifråga om att ingå äktenskap inom islam. Detta i sin tur leder till att kvinnors beteenden, frihet och valmöjligheter påverkas av mäns åsikter och antaganden kring tolkningar av religiösa texter. / Mixed marriages within Islam are defined by marriage outside of the religion, and differs between men and women. Men are allowed to marry women from the Abrahamic religions (Jewish/Christian). Women on the other hand are only allowed to espouse a Muslim man. This Bachelor’s Thesis of Sociology had the purpose through qualitative measures, investigate how believing Muslim men in Sweden view Muslim women’s rights to engage in marriages outside of the Islamic faith. The study focuses on the views and attitudes of Muslim men. As women’s position in the choice of marriages was a recurring theme in the study, these were also accounted for in terms of how their views and attitudes affects Muslims. The study’s primary data has been collected through six semistructured interviews with six faithful Muslim men in Sweden, with no relationship to each other. Through the collection of empirical data, which, through thematizing, resulted in four distinct themes. The purpose of this study was to answer the analysis from a perspective that adheres to Connells theory of masculinity (hegemonic masculinity) and the term “homosocial”. The result from the study showed that all six interviewed Muslim men, generally, had a negative attitude towards Muslim women’s rights to marry outside the religion. The (Muslim) men were also negative to changes regarding (Muslim) women and the liberation of their rights around mixed marriages. Some men exhibited an increased focus on the interpretation of religious texts, as well as assumptions, whilst others emphasized culture and tradition. An articulate pattern amongst the Muslim men manifested through opinions that a marriage is a collective matter rather than an individual affair. The analysis concludes that there is a difference between men and women and their rights within the engagement of marriage. This leads to women’s behavior, freedom and choices are dictated by men’s opinions, assumptions and interpretations of religious texts. Although demonstrating a clear division between women and men’s rights within Islam’s approach to mixed marriages. The (Muslim) men considered the established religious interpretations to be legitimate and logically developed to protect the woman from precarious marriages. The interviewees considered the approach to be a conserving measure to protect Islam.

abstract: The thesis I have written aims to investigate the underlying reasons why France has considered Islam as unassimilable and why it has targeted Muslim women’s bodies to force assimilation. In the first section of the thesis, I examine the colonial relationship between France and Algeria. I conclude that Algeria’s independence from France significantly influenced the negative treatment towards immigrants in postcolonial France. I then study the racist discourse that dominated French politics in the 1980s; and clarify how this has laid the foundation for the first attempt to ban the headscarves in public schools during the 1980s. The final section explores the 2004 ban on conspicuous religious symbols, a ban that significantly targeted the headscarf. I conclude that the prohibition of the headscarf undermined the rights of Muslim women and symbolized France’s inability to accept Islam, since France feared Islam’s visibility weakened a dominant French identity. / Dissertation/Thesis / Masters Thesis Social Justice and Human Rights 2017