Submitting to God's will: Attitudes and beliefs of Moroccan Muslim women regarding mourning and remembrance. Issue 8 (14th September 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ahaddour, Chaïma; Van den Branden, Stef; Broeckaert, Bert
• Is Part Of: Death studies. Volume 43:Issue 8(2019)
• Page Start: 478
• Page End: 488
• Publication Date: 2019-09-14
• Subjects: Death -- Psychological aspects -- Periodicals; Terminal care -- Periodicals; Death -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Periodicals; 306.9
• DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2018.1488773
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0748-1187

Abstract

Abstract: This study aimed to elicit the attitudes and beliefs of middle-aged and elderly Moroccan Muslim women regarding mourning and remembrance, to identify whether differences are observable between middle-aged and elderly participants, to explore the role of religion 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 religious beliefs have a great impact on the views of Muslim women. We found striking similarities between our participants' views and normative Islamic literature.