"Every soul shall taste death." Attitudes and beliefs of Moroccan muslim women living in Antwerp (Belgium) toward dying, death, and the afterlife. Issue 1 (2nd January 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ahaddour, Chaïma; Broeckaert, Bert; Van den Branden, Stef
• Is Part Of: Death studies. Volume 43:Issue 1(2019)
• Page Start: 41
• Page End: 55
• Publication Date: 2019-01-02
• Subjects: Death -- Psychological aspects -- Periodicals; Terminal care -- Periodicals; Death -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Periodicals; 306.9
• DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2018.1437096
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0748-1187

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This study aims to elicit the beliefs and attitudes of middle-aged and elderly Moroccan Muslim women toward dying, death, and the afterlife; to identify whether differences are observable between middle-aged and elderly participants and to document how the actual attitudes of our participants relate to normative Islamic literature. Interviews were conducted with middle-aged and elderly Moroccan women living in Belgium ( n = 30) and with experts in the field ( n = 15). This study reveals that the belief in an omnipotent and omniscient God and in an afterlife strongly marks the attitudes of first- and second-generation Muslims in Belgium toward life and death.