BREATHING HEARTS
Nasima Selim
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Ethnography |
|---|---|
| Population | Sufi practitioners in Berlin, including multi-ethnic immigrants of color and white German interlocutors |
| Key findings | Argues that Sufi practices in Berlin are mobilized to heal secular and religious suffering, and that tracing the 'Desire Lines' of multi-ethnic immigrants of color and white German interlocutors shows how these practices complicate the post-secular imagination of healing in Germany. |
Abstract
Sufism is known as the mystical dimension of Islam. Breathing Hearts explores this definition to find out what it means to ‘breathe well’ along the Sufi path in the context of anti-Muslim racism. It is the first book-length ethnographic account of Sufi practices and politics in Berlin and describes how Sufi practices are mobilized in healing secular and religious suffering. It tracks the Desire Lines of multi-ethnic immigrants of color, and white German interlocutors to show how Sufi practices complicate the post secular imagination of healing in Germany.