ABSTRACT
This chapter explores how tactics and strategies are appropriated for identity politics in a confined local setting, namely that of Granada's Arab' quarter, the Albayzn. In recent years, migrant communities have also been establishing their stores and institutional network of mosques in this quarter. The chapter illustrates the study of everyday Islam does not seek to be an alternative to existing methodological approaches, but aims to complement them. In illustration of this, the case study combines the theoretical framework of anthropology of religion with the contributions of urban anthropology to illuminate everyday lived Islam. The analysis shows that despite predictions of secularisation, the growth and evolution of distinct and heterogeneous groups affiliated with a range of religious tendencies is becoming more and more evident and visible in the Spanish context. It focuses on how reciprocal perceptions of religious otherness, difference and commonality are expressed by Muslim and non-Muslim communities.
