Muslim-on-Muslim Social Research: Knowledge, Power and Religio-cultural Identities

This paper provides a detailed discussion of the questions relating to the role of the researcher in relation to the researched when the researcher and the researched are both of Muslim origin. Issues relating to questions of objectivity, transparency, bias and interpretation are elaborated upon as...

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Published inSocial epistemology Vol. 24; no. 2; pp. 123 - 136
Main Author Abbas, Tahir
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 01.04.2010
Taylor & Francis
Subjects
British Muslims
Epistemology
Epistemology. Philosophy of science. Theory of knowledge
Islam
Muslims
Objectivity
Ontology
Philosophy
Researcher Subject Relations
Risk
Social Power
Social Research
Subjectivity
Epistemology;Philosophy of Science
Object
Research
Islam
Objectivity
Subjectivity
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Summary:This paper provides a detailed discussion of the questions relating to the role of the researcher in relation to the researched when the researcher and the researched are both of Muslim origin. Issues relating to questions of objectivity, transparency, bias and interpretation are elaborated upon as part of the analysis of impacts and outcomes in relation to methodological process. It is argued that, ultimately, the subjective positions of researcher and researched are less important than the objective nature of the research process. The intention of this paper is to convey, to other Muslim and non-Muslim social researchers engaged in research on Islam and Muslims, how to avoid or identify the range of risks and pitfalls that may emerge in operationalising and evaluating social research in a highly charged political, cultural and social research arena.
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ISSN:0269-1728
1464-5297
DOI:10.1080/02691721003749919