The making of a moral British Bangladeshi |
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| Authors: | Benjamin Zeitlyn |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Education, University of Sussex, Brighton, UKb.o.zeitlyn@sussex.ac.uk |
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| Abstract: | This article traces changing notions of a moral upbringing among British Bangladesh families in London. It reviews ideas of the making of a moral person (manush corano) in Bangladesh and contrasts those with contemporary practices and ideas about the good child in London. It argues that in London, British Bangladeshis have embraced a form of Islam that for them represents progress on the ‘Bengali culture’ that they have left behind and the ‘Western modernity’ that they live amongst, it is a third way. For British Bangladeshi children this involves socialisation into a global Muslim community (umma) and an Islamist interpretation of Islam. Learning to recite the Qur’an correctly (tajweed) is an important manifestation of the third way. |
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| Keywords: | British Bangladeshi childhood morality Islam community |
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