Czech women who converted to Islam

This dissertation deals with Czech woman who converted to Islam in the context of the Czech Republic in recent years with an emphasis on changes in society. The thesis deals with the motives of conversion to Islam and individual conversion stories. Partners and family life, veiling and the position of converts in society and in relation to biological family and employment. The whole dissertation is based on qualitative research, namely on semi- structured interviews with respondents and individual chapters contain statements from the informants themselves. The whole research is enriched with an experiment involving wearing hijab. Key words: Islam, Muslim, Muslim, faith, conversion, hijab, veiling, religion, family life, Czech Republi