ABSTRACT
This chapter describes women's Islam everyday lived religion that it approaches through the experiences and practices of Somali women in the diaspora, in particular Finland. It tries to understand the ways Islam is linked with the everyday lives of Somali migrant women. The chapter discusses how and why some of the dimensions of their religious practices can be identified as tactical. As part of this focus on everyday religion it particularly addresses Somali women's experiences and meaning-making in relation to suffering and ill-health as well as healing. To approach Somali women's everyday religion in Finland, it must be contextualised in at least two ways: in the local context of Finland where Somalis are in a minority position, and in the context of the civil war in Somalia that led to exile and dispersal of families. Finland is a quite recent migration country and the number of foreign nationals is still very low, less than 200,000 in 2010.
