%A Matthijs Smit
%L theses_frw3305
%X Recently there has been an increasing body of research regarding the religious experience of Muslims in the West. However, these studies often neglect the individualized character of Islam by investigating only one or two aspects of religion. Consequently, this research applies a qualitative approach to answer the question: ‘’How does international migration influence the religious experience of Muslims in Groningen”. By building on Güveli’s (2015) three dimensions of religiosity, this study investigates how different aspects of Muslim’s religiosity are influenced by migration. First, subjective religiosity increased due to a diminishing social control and an increasing confrontation with diversity in Groningen. This results in what Roy (2004) calls a ‘triumph of the religious self’. Secondly, a decreasing individual religiosity was found which is predominantly caused by a weaker religious infrastructure in Groningen. Thirdly, an expected increase in the communal religiosity has not been found. A possible explanation can be that certain selection-methods are present in this research, or the interrelatedness of the subjective- and communal religiosity. Nevertheless, more qualitative research is necessary to better understand the religious experience of Muslims in the West.
%T THE EFFECT OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION ON THE RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE OF MUSLIMS IN GRONINGEN
%D 2020