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Change of food culture and traditions of Muslim Germans after religious conversion


 Currently, more and more people all over the world change their religious identity. This research is dedicated to Germans who converted to Islam. The subject of this article is the adherence to the religious traditions, such as consumption of halal products, fasting during a holy month of Ramadan. The goal is to analyze the transformation of food culture and traditions of convert Germans. Special attention is given to observation of transition towards new food culture (refusal from pork and alcohol), as well as difficulties faced by the converts in the process. The scientific novelty consists in the fact that this article is first within national historiography to review the question of newly-converted Germans based on the field material collected by the author in the territory of Germany. The following conclusions were made: in religious alternation, a convert may disobey religious practices, such as food products prohibited in Islam (alcohol, pork), as well as avoid fasting; in religious conversion, it is a must to adhere to all rules prescribed in Quran (fasting, only halal products). Transformation of food culture is often accompanied by personal feelings, can be gradual or instantaneous. 
