Professionalising Muslim Spiritual Care

Schmid , Hansjörg; Smajić, Aid; Hafner-Al Jabaji, Amira; Alibašić, Ahmet

doi:10.51363/unifr.szigs.2025.015

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Professionalising Muslim Spiritual Care : Swiss and Bosnian Experiences

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Schmid , Hansjörg ORCID University of Fribourg
Smajić, Aid ORCID University of Sarajevo
Hafner-Al Jabaji, Amira University of Fribourg
Alibašić, Ahmet ORCID University of Sarajevo

Fribourg : SZIG/CSIS, 2025

English Spiritual care - recognised by the WHO as a dimension of health - has grown significantly as European societies become more religiously diverse, individualised, and secular, prompting a need for new models of interprofessional and interreligious cooperation. This study examines the professionalisation of Muslim spiritual care in public institutions in Switzerland and Bosnia-Herzegovina, focusing on three sectors: the armed forces, healthcare, and prisons. Based on 22 semistructured interviews and a joint, praxis-oriented research design, it identifies the institutional frameworks, everyday practices, and key challenges shaping spiritual care in two distinct yet connected national contexts. When conducting the interviews, legal, country-specific and institution-specific conditions were taken into account.

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