Moral Geographies and the Disciplining Of Senses Among Swedish Salafis

Abstract

The formation of a new moral subjectivity is a complex process; it generally involves drastic changes to the everyday lives of practitioners. In trying to escape what they define as corrupting and immoral surroundings, the informants of this study often develop alternative strategies and more flexible stands to manage to live as Salafi Muslims in Sweden. This can be related to the view held by some human geographers that spaces are deemed as moral or immoral. As such, the informants included in this study understand spaces as arranged around social practices known to take places therein. Peoples’ identities are thus (presumingly) shaped within such spaces. From such a perspective, this article will analyze how a particular Salafi purist group cultivates piety in their everyday lives by disciplining their senses and creating moral geographies. The article is qualitative in its approach and employs ethnographical methods such as observations and informal interviews.

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