A Post-secular Approach to Islam in Leila Aboulela’s Minaret: Decolonizing the Exiled Muslim

Authors

  • Ahlam Benderrah

Keywords:

Leila Aboulela; Minaret; Islam; post-secularism; de-colonial measure; Muslim readership.

Abstract

Thispaperdiscusses Leila Aboulela’semployment of Islam as a de-colonial measurein her novel Minaret (2005). It utilizes a
combination of post-colonial concepts, by Fanon, Said and Bhabha, on the one hand andTalal Asad's Anthropological notion of “Islamas discursive tradition” on the other

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References

Abbas, S. (2011). “Leila Aboulela, Religion, and the Challenge of the Novel.” In Contemporary Literature. Volume 52, issue 3. P 430–61

Abou El Fadl, K. (2001). Speaking in God's Name: Islamic Law, Authority and Women. Oneworld Publications.

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Published

2026-05-22

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Ahlam Benderrah. (2026). A Post-secular Approach to Islam in Leila Aboulela’s Minaret: Decolonizing the Exiled Muslim . Pegem Journal of Education and Instruction, 16(2), 207–221. Retrieved from https://www.pegegog.net/index.php/pegegog/article/view/5094

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Vol. 16 No. 2 (2026): PEGEGOG

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