Racialized identities in a postcolonial context: exploring religious identification processes among daughters of Maghrebi-Spanish couples in Spain

The rejection faced by Maghrebi community in Spain, mainly from Morocco, is a prominent manifestation of racism in the country. Focusing on 26 in-depth interviews with young women born in Spain of mixed couples with Maghrebi heritage, this paper aims to explore the different processes of religious identification that these women experience, considering, in such processes, the intersection of gender, mixedness and racialization. By highlighting the importance of this intersectional approach, I will analyse how these categories can permeate these processes of religious identification in a context of increasing Islamophobia. This research provides nuanced insights into these women’s experiences within Spain’s socio-cultural and postcolonial context, and, ultimately, also contributes to a deeper understanding of the complexities surrounding religious identification formation in mixed families, shedding light on these women`s agency and resilience within broader societal contexts.