Training Imams in the Netherlands: The Failure of a Post-Secular Endeavour

Autor/inn/en	Sözeri, Semiha; Altinyelken, Hülya Kosar; Volman, Monique
Titel	Training Imams in the Netherlands: The Failure of a Post-Secular Endeavour
Quelle	In: British Journal of Religious Education, 41 (2019) 4, S.435-445 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Sözeri, Semiha)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0141-6200
DOI	10.1080/01416200.2018.1484697
Schlagwörter	Clergy; Islam; Theological Education; Program Descriptions; Content Analysis; College Faculty; Teacher Attitudes; Public Officials; Municipalities; Federal Aid; Trust (Psychology); Intention; Expertise; International Cooperation; Universities; Foreign Countries; Netherlands + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Klerus; Inhaltsanalyse; Fakultät; Lehrerverhalten; Magistrat; Expert appraisal; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; University; Universität; Ausland; Niederlande
Abstract	What are the reasons behind the failure of the Islamic theology and imam-training programmes at the Dutch universities? To address this question, we employed qualitative content analysis of semi-structured interviews (N = 38) conducted between July 2016 and January 2017. The sample consists of stakeholders such as academics teaching in the programmes, imams, Qur'an teachers, chairs of the largest Islamic organisations, and Dutch ministry and municipality officials. We analysed the establishment of the state-funded Islamic theology and imam-training programmes in the Netherlands in the light of the different theoretical accounts about the evolution of Dutch secularism after the de-pillarisation of the Dutch society. The findings suggest that the failure of the programmes stemmed from distrust in the intentions of the funding by the Dutch government, lack of confidence in the expertise of the non-Muslim academics teaching the programmes and refusal by the Turkish Presidency of Religious Affairs (Diyanet), to cooperate with the universities for the set-up of the programmes. This study shows that future attempts for Islamic theology programmes in the Dutch universities will need to establish better connections with the grassroots of the Dutch Muslim communities. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01