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When Islam and Democracy Meet: Muslims in Europe and the United States
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This article is published in International Journal of Public Theology.The article was published on 2008-01-01. It has received 100 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Democracy & Jewish studies.read more
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Complexities of belonging in democratic/democratizing societies: Islamic identity, ethnicity and citizenship in the Netherlands and Aceh
TL;DR: This paper explored the tension that lies between one's so-called Islamic identity and the demands of civic identity in liberal democratic societies, and showed that the relationship is philosophically and existentially more complex than advocates of the "clash of civilizations" thesis or "democratic Islam" admit.
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Accommodation of Islamic Religious Practices and Democracy in the Post-Communist Muslim Republics
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify and compare state policies toward Islamic religious practices using a sample of 22 former communist Muslim republics of Eurasia and find that among all factors the level of democracy is the single most important variable in explaining variation in accommodation of religious practices.
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Self-exclusion as a strategy of inclusion: the case of Shas
David Lehmann,Batia Siebzehner +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors develop a model of "political inclusion Israeli-style", illustrated by one party, Shas, which since 1984 proclaims itself the voice of the socially and culturally excluded Sephardi population of north African and Middle Eastern Jews, who represent over 40% of the Jewish population.
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Introduction: secularism and citizenship beyond the North Atlantic world
Humeira Iqtidar,David Lehmann +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors go beyond the European and North Atlantic context to engage with the implications of secularism for citizenship, and the relationship between citizenship and secularism, t...
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Imigrace a nový náboženský pluralismus. Srovnání situace v EU a USA
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the problem of role naboženstvi ve veřejnem životě a přizpůsobovani se nabo-�enským "jinþm" v zapadni Evropě v zemich EU a v USA.
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Immigrant Religion in the U.S. and Western Europe: Bridge or Barrier to Inclusion?
Nancy Foner,Richard D. Alba +1 more
TL;DR: The authors analyzes why immigrant religion is viewed as a problematic area in Western Europe in contrast to the United States, where it is seen as facilitating the adaptation process, and argues that the difference, it is argued, is anchored in whether or not religion can play a major role for immigrants and the second generation as a bridge to inclusion in the new society.
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Not welcome here: Discrimination towards women who wear the Muslim headscarf
Sonia Ghumman,Ann Marie Ryan +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a field experiment in which confederates portraying Hijabis or not applied for jobs at stores and restaurants was conducted, and evidence for formal discrimination (job call backs, permission to complete application), interpersonal discrimination (perceived negativity, perceived interest), and low expectations to receive job offers in the workplace was found for Hijabi confederate.
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Queer as Intersectionality: Theorizing Gay Muslim Identities:
TL;DR: The authors identify characterizations of Muslim identities as antithetical to a wide range of western values, including democracy, secularization, gender equality and sexual diversity, and argue that Islam is a threat to these values.
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Islamophobia and Threat Perceptions: Explaining Anti-Muslim Sentiment in the West
TL;DR: This article investigated the determinants of anti-Muslim sentiment in the West and found that perceived realistic and symbolic threat is the most significant source of Islamophobic attitudes in the USA, Great Britain, France, Germany, and Spain.
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Western Views Toward Muslims: Evidence from a 2006 Cross-National Survey
Richard Wike,Brian J. Grim +1 more
TL;DR: The authors examined the determinants of Western views toward Muslims, and found that threat perceptions are the primary factor influencing these views, and that perceived cultural threats are only indirectly related to views towards Muslims.