Faith, Ideology and Fear

Unique and soundly researched, this book examines the delicate relationship between the experience of prison among Muslims and the formation of religious identity.

Gabriele Marranci

1. Introduction 2. Muslims, Islam and Crime3. Excluded and Borderline Lives: Crime and Existential Fear 4. Bars, Fluorescent Lights and Alienation: 'The Torment of the Grave' 5. Rediscovering Islam in Prison: between Wonder and Cognitive Opening 6. The Shahadah of Freedom: from Doctrinal to Imagistic modes of Islam7. From Caged Bodies to Caged Souls: the dystopian experience of leaving prison 8. Conclusion