This sociological study on the plural and often contested construction of Muslimidentities in Brazil contributes to a growing scholarship on Islam and thepolitics of religious difference across the Atlantic. Focusing on two institutionsin São Paulo state – the Islamic Center of Campinas (Centro Islâmico de Campinas)and the Islamic Charity Youth League of Brazil (Liga da...Read More

This paper utilizes an interdisciplinary approach—combining history, anthropology, sociology and gender studies—to rediscover the lives of African Muslims, free and slave named the Malês, in nineteenth century Salvador, province of Bahia, Brazil. It is an attempt to read the mind of the Malês as a book of poems, chronicling everyday struggles for liberty, what the...Read More

In this work, the objective is to analyze through an empirical research the function of the social networks used by the Mosques and Cultural Centers shi’as in Brazil for the promotion of peace and coexistence among the diferent religious groupsRead More