The sincere subject Mediation and interiority among a group of Muslim women in Iran

• Published in: HAU journal of ethnographic theory Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 139 - 161
• Main Author: Haeri, Niloofar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chicago University of Chicago Press 01.03.2017
• Subjects: Colleges & universities; Cultural centers; Ideology; Language; Linguistics; Muslims; Prayer; Religion; Semiotics; Iran

This article examines two genres of prayer, namaz and du’a, among a group of Shi’a Muslim women in Iran. It analyzes the variety of ways in which the legal validity of prayers along with ideas about “presence of the heart” and “sincerity” in worship have been debated. I argue that the debates on wor...