"Sealing" the Koran

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This article is concerned with the extension of moral space, and the transformation of newly formed relations into moral relations. The two processes implied in this transformation may be conceived of analytically as the "naturalization" of ritual in a novel setting, and the "ritualization" of labour migrants' local relations. The article examines one particular ritual widely practiced by Pakistani immigrants in Britain and spells out its symbolic significance in some detail. One outcome of analysing the ritual in the context of labour migration, i.e. outside its "natural" context, is the way in which it appears to elucidate the underlying symbolic logic of Islamic sacrifice.

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