Cultural and Religious Tolerance and Acceptance in Urban Housing: A Study of Multi-Ethnic Malaysia

Abstract

This paper attempts to describe some housing issues pertaining to religious and cultural practices in Malaysia. As a multi-ethnic and multi-cultural society, residential arrangements are used as a tool to achieve greater social and ethnic mix as envisioned by the government under the New Economic Policy and its Housing Policy. While the aim is for social integration among its population, living with people who do not share similar cultural and religious practices may cause problems too, especially that related to the use of space. This is especially true in urban housing areas where space is scarce and thus does not always cater to the residents' needs. Using a sample of 400 respondents from four urbanized areas of Penang, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor and Johor Bahru, we try to understand the respondents' views about their neighbours' religious and cultural practices that differ from theirs. Our findings will be discussed within the framework of cultural acceptance and tolerance as well as to gauge whether the government's policy is translated well by the population.

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“…This study makes use of case studies as research strategy under the framework of mixed methods to derive detailed findings so that comprehensive conclusion can be obtained. Two influences the surrounding development of the flats (Husin, Malek, & Gapor, 2012). According to scholars, the density of the population is more critical in city areas as compared to suburbs and is always laden with more serious social problems that involves various ethnic and racial backgrounds, age groups and gender (Salleh, 2008).…”

Discussions on Ethnicity and Social Capital in the Literature on Malaysian Context: A Review

“…In terms of the tolerance level of Malaysians, Husin, Malek and Gapor. (2012) found similar results to those of Dali and Nordin (2010).…”

Lise Öğrencilerinde hoşgörü değeri ve toplumun farklı kesimleriyle karşılaşma deneyimlerinin incelenmesi

“…Bazı araştırmaların, hoşgörülü davranışlar için ortam ve bağlamların önemli olduğunu bulgulaması, hangi ortamların hoşgörüyü teşvik ettiği sorusunu gündeme getirmiştir. Yapılan araştırmalar okul (Harrell, 2008;Phinney ve Cobb, 1996), mahalle (Amin, 2002;Fortier, 2007;Husin, Malek ve Gapor, 2012;Johnson, 2011;Shukra, Back, Keith ve Solomos, 2004), katılımın gönüllü olduğu yemek, spor vb. kulüp faaliyetleri (Arroyos, 2010) gibi yaşam alanlarında farklılıklarla daha fazla karşılaşan bireylerin; öğretmenlerin yeni ve etkili öğretim yöntemleri kullandıkları sınıflarda okuyan öğrencilerin (Colesanto ve Bigg, 1999;Vogt, 2004), eğitimleri uygun materyallerle desteklenen öğrencilerin (Lintner, 2005;Reiss, 2004Reiss, ve 2007 farklılıklarla bir arada yaşamayı daha fazla destekledikleri ve daha hoşgörülü ifadeler kullandıklarını göstermiştir.…”