Counterpublics and Transnational Religious Movements in a Lisbon Mosque

In this chapter, the author that Bangladeshi Muslims in Lisbon, together with some other Sunni Muslims in the country, are actively engaged in a "transnational public space of normative references and debate". This is highlighted through a case study about a mosque located in downtown Lisbon, the Baitul Mukarram mosque , in which it is possible to find two discourses about Islam",orthodoxy" and piety. The first is closely connected to the Deobandi inspired Tablighi Jama'at. , while the second is more in tune with Barelvi inclinations. Both of these discourses have been transmitted and (re) produced in this Lisbon mosque by certain segments of the congregation that include: several imams , the members of the mosque commission and the supporters of both perspectives. Some of the other segments include missionary activities of several men of learning and lay preachers that travel all over Europe, including Portugal. Keywords: Bangladeshi Muslims; Europe; Lisbon mosque; mosque commission; Portugal; Sunni Muslims