Citation

Ahaddour C, Van den Branden S, Broeckaert B. Death Stud. 2018; ePub(ePub): 1-11.

Affiliation

Research Unit of Theological and Comparative Ethics , Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, KU Leuven , Leuven , Belgium.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/07481187.2018.1488773

PMID

30265828

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.

Language: en