Inmigrantes senegaleses, islam y cofradías

Abstract

This article presents a portion of the results of a study on Muslim immigrants in Spain and their strategies of adaptation in a non-Muslim environment. Out of the groups of different nationalities studied, the Senegalese present the most original adaptative strategies. Aside from their particular interpretation of Islam, they have put into place organisational forms unlike those found in other groups of Muslims studied. They have brought to Spain the system of confratemities whose influence is very strong in their society of origin. In the new coníext, this organisation into confratemities has become a fundamental instrument in regulating the community and in the social integration of Senegalese Muslim immigrants.