Trajectories of integration into islam in Mexico City A study of the CECM and Sufi Community

This paper analyzes multiple trajectories of integration into Islam in Mexico City, through the study of two religious communities: the Centro Educativo de la Ciudad de México A.C (CECM) and the Sufi Community Nur Ashki Al-Yerráhi. The presentation of these communities aims at understanding the traj...

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Author: Argueta Pérez Coronado, Inés
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2021
Country:México
Institution:INSTITUTO PANAMERICANO DE GEOGRAFÍA E HISTORIA
Repository:Antropología Americana
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:revistasipgh.org:article/755
Online Access:https://revistasipgh.org/index.php/anam/article/view/755
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:religión
conversión
movilidad religiosa
musulmanes
integración
comunidades religiosas
religion
conversion
religious mobility
Islam
integration
religious communities
religião
conversão
mobilidade religiosa
islamismo
integração
mobilité religieuse
islam
intégration
communautés religieuses
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Summary:This paper analyzes multiple trajectories of integration into Islam in Mexico City, through the study of two religious communities: the Centro Educativo de la Ciudad de México A.C (CECM) and the Sufi Community Nur Ashki Al-Yerráhi. The presentation of these communities aims at understanding the trajectories of those who change their religion. It describes religious mobility of men and women, and then studies their stories about their discovery of Islam, the official rituals of conversion, their integration into the communities and the changes or continuities in the personal and social dynamics of their social circles.