Abstract
This chapter argues that charity, in the sense that is inclusive of giving time and effort to volunteering, is considered a way of engaging with society for Dutch–Turkish Muslims in the Netherlands as well as a complementary element of their piety. Focusing on Muslims affiliated with two Islamic movements, the Gülen Movement and Millî Görüş (National Outlook), this analysis will show they are in a reciprocal interaction with both their religious communities and the Dutch society, in which they seek to actively participate. Building on previous scholarship on the religious movements and European Muslims, this chapter comparatively analyzes the relationship between forms of pieties prescribed by these movements and how their constituencies interpret, practice, and reflect on charity and volunteering in a Western context.
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For a broader discussion on the interplay between religion and diaspora see Vertovec and Cohen (1999).
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Most of these studies focus on the church communities in diaspora. Involvement of non-white immigrants and Muslim minorities appears to be understudied.
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I don’t want to use the word “secular” as it is open to be challenged.
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I have retrieved this statement from the official website of the Millî Görüş Netherlands’s Turkish version (http://www.milligorus.nl/nl/home) on November 10, 2016. At the time of writing, this statement had been removed from the website. This removal is linked to the above-mentioned change toward a more integrational route.
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IHH Netherlands website https://ihhnl.org/nl/
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HASENE website https://www.hasene.org/#
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Cebecioglu, Y. (2020). Charity as Civic Participation for Dutch–Turkish Muslims. In: Peucker, M., Kayikci, M. (eds) Muslim Volunteering in the West. New Directions in Islam. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26057-6_5
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