Foregrounding fluid processes of group identity re/formation, this article advances the debates on the nature of collective mobilisation among diasporas. Specifically, it contributes to a relatively underexplored diaspora studies sub-field: the role of religion in diasporic identity formation. Empirical material from the immigrant group Muslims of Sri Lankan origin in the United Kingdom indicates that religious identities play a key role in the process of formation of political identities and framing under the concept of one ummah. Further, critical events and crisis situations in places of origin mobilise these groups to form social and solidarity movements. This article contributes to ongoing debates on the constructivist approach to diaspora engagement, which goes beyond the conventional ways of understanding diasporas as ‘dispersed victims’. To this end, I argue that the diasporic characteristics are contingent upon the collective experience and embodiment of crisis situations at home and host sites.

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这也是我们的祖国

本文突出了群体身份重新/形成的流动过程，推进了关于侨民集体动员性质的辩论。具体来说，它有助于一个相对未被充分探索的侨民研究子领域：宗教在侨民身份形成中的作用。来自英国斯里兰卡裔穆斯林移民群体的实证材料表明，宗教身份在政治身份的形成过程中发挥着关键作用，并在“一”的概念下构建。乌玛。此外，原籍地的重大事件和危机局势动员这些群体开展社会和团结运动。本文有助于推动关于侨民参与的建构主义方法的持续辩论，这种方法超越了将侨民理解为“分散的受害者”的传统方式。为此，我认为散居国外的特征取决于家乡和东道国危机情况的集体经历和体现。