Islamic Nurture and Identity Management: The Lifeworld of Pakistani Children in Norway

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This article is based on an empirical study of the role of Islam in the lives of Norwegian Pakistani children. The everyday life of these children is characterised by a continuous movement and communication between a secular context (Norwegian schooling, media and so on) and an Islamic nurture taken care of by parents and the mosques. The article first discusses the concepts of secularity, plurality and deconstruction in order to understand the context of children's lives. How meaning and social belonging are established in this context is then analysed. Some of the general social and cultural processes which influence children's lives as individuals and as a minority group are then illustrated by the multiple role of the mosque in the minority situation. The article finally presents how Norwegian Pakistani children develop what is called ‘integrated plural identities’.

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