Stories about sin, regret and forgiveness are fundamental in Islam and other world religions. Islamic revivalism mediates a redemption narrative tailored to street criminals who want to break with the cycle of stigmatization, imprisonment and violence. Drawing on so-called conversion narratives, this article examines the repertoire of such stories among male street criminals in Norway who turn, or ‘return’, to Islam. I have identified three narrative types: reconciliation, purification and exclusion. I explore the content of these stories and the work they do for tellers and their audiences. Arguably, these narrative types represent forms of desistance that open up and restrict particular paths into Islam and out of street crime.

有关罪恶，遗憾和宽恕的故事是伊斯兰教和其他世界宗教的基础。伊斯兰复兴主义调停了针对流浪罪犯的救赎叙事，这些罪犯希望摆脱污名化，监禁和暴力的循环。本文利用所谓的conversion依叙事，考察了在转向或“返回”伊斯兰教的挪威男性街头犯罪分子中的此类故事。我确定了三种叙述类型：和解，净化和排斥。我探索了这些故事的内容以及它们为出纳员和听众所做的工作。可以说，这些叙事类型代表了低迷的形式，这些形式打开并限制了进入伊斯兰教和走出街头犯罪的特定道路。