| Summary/Abstract |
This article explores how new practices and articulations of fatherhood are emerging
among Muslim men in Denmark. With an explicit focus on care as both practice and
ideal, the article accounts for the emergence of new forms of fatherly commitment,
intimacy, and caregiving in domestic life. Drawing on ethnographic material from
different social housing areas in and around the city of Copenhagen, I show how these
new practices and imaginaries of fatherhood are assemblages of both Islamic ethics and
values afforded by the Danish welfare state. Exploring the interlacement of care, Islam,
and fatherhood in Denmark, the article provides a nuanced perspective on the various
social roles of Muslim men as both fathers, sons, and husbands.
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