Muslims in Switzerland: Is Citizenship Really Incompatible with Muslim Identity?

Lathion, Stéphane

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“…In 2010, a year before the EURISLAM fieldwork, the percentage of Muslim citizens living in these countries was 6 per cent, 4.9 per cent and 4.1 per cent (Pew Research Center 2017), respectively. Most of Muslims living in Belgium are of Moroccan and Turkish origin (Manço 2000), whereas those living in Switzerland or Germany come from Turkey or ex-Yugoslavia (Lathion 2008;Thielmann 2008). All three countries are characterized by a regime that entails cooperation between state and church, but differ in the extent to which they accommodate non-Christian religions, with Belgium being the most accommodating (Carol, Helbling, and Michalowski 2015;Fox 2012).…”

Section: Independent Variablesmentioning

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Rejecting Muslim or Christian religious practices in five West European countries: a case of discriminatory rejection?

Dangubić

Verkuyten

Stark

2020

Ethnic and Racial Studies

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Rejection of Muslim religious practices in West European societies is typically explained by prejudicial feelings towards Muslims as a group. However, although people can oppose Muslim religious practices because they feel negatively towards Muslims as a group, they might also have more general reasons for doing so. By simultaneously considering multiple religious acts (wearing religious symbols and following religious education in public schools) and multiple religious actors (Muslims and Christians), we theoretically differentiate between individuals who apply a double-standard by rejecting Muslim but not Christian religious practices (discriminatory rejection) and those who reject practices independently of the religious group engaged in them (equal rejection). Among majority members in five West European countries, the findings support the existence of equal rejection next to discriminatory rejection with both patterns of responses having different associations with people's prejudices towards Muslim, their endorsement of civil liberties and secular values, and their religious affiliation.

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Section: Independent Variablesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Rejecting Muslim or Christian religious practices in five West European countries: a case of discriminatory rejection?

Dangubić

Verkuyten

Stark

2020

Ethnic and Racial Studies

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“…According to 2013 census data, there are 341,572 people aged 15 or over affiliated with the Islamic faith living in Switzerland, accounting for 5.1% of the Swiss population aged 15 years or older (Bundesamt fuer Statistik, 2015). They arrived in three general waves of migration: the first one beginning in the 1960s with mostly men from Turkey, Yugoslavia and Albania moving to Switzerland to work out of economic necessity; the second with the families of the male workers joining them in the 1970s under new family reunification laws; and the third group consisting of refugees and asylum seekers fleeing persecution, wars and famines, starting from the 1960s and continuing up until today (Lathion, 2008).…”

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“…Muslims are generally perceived in negative terms in Switzerland. ‘Muslim’ often denotes unfamiliar behaviour and values, and thus Swiss society has trouble dealing with different cultural traits such as the headscarf and halal food and different conceptions of personal relationships, and perceives these differences as a threat (Lathion, 2008). People from Muslim majority countries (Turkey and Arabic countries) are considered the least ‘likeable’ ( sympathisich ) by local Swiss people (Stolz, 2005).…”

Section: Muslims In Switzerlandmentioning

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Islamophobia, Muslimophobia or racism? Parliamentary discourses on Islam and Muslims in debates on the minaret ban in Switzerland

Cheng

2015

Discourse & Society

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There is currently no clarity on what Islamophobia covers: Does it relate to hostility towards Islam, hostility towards Muslims or racism against Muslims? While some argue that the term Muslimophobia should replace Islamophobia due to the hostility being directed at Muslims as people, rather than Islam the religion, it is not clear whether this is the case in practice. This article examines expressions of Islamophobia and Muslimophobia and their relationship to racism in Swiss parliamentary debates on banning the construction of minarets in Switzerland. It demonstrates that Islamophobia and Muslimophobia are different from each other but mostly occur in tandem. Furthermore, Muslimophobia can be but is not always a form of racism due to the 'manipulation of culture' in which proponents of the ban can de-essentialise, as well as essentialise, cultural traits to argue that Muslims can become integrated if they fulfil certain conditions. Such conditions can, however, be easily manipulated to continually exclude undesirable 'others'. The article contends that the minaret ban initiative relied heavily on the 'slippery slope' fallacy to make both Islamophobic and Muslimophobic arguments, that is, accusing Muslims and Islam of transgressions against Swiss society that have not even occurred.

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“…В Швейцарии к 2008 г. среди мусульман по месту происхождения можно выделить 175374 (2.4% от общей численности верующих) человек из стран бывшей СФРЮ, 62698 (0.8%) человек из Турции и только 16597 (0.24%) человек из арабских стран (489 и 454 чел. из Ливии и Сирии соответственно) (Lathion 2008).…”

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Anti-immigration Agenda of Populist Parties in Switzerland

Shavlay

Sigachev

Sleptsov

2021

Vestnik MGIMO-universiteta

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The article analyzes the problem of right-wing populism in Switzerland. The study of the features of the country's political and electoral system highlights the issues of its immigration policy and relations with the European Union. The authors argue that the phenomenon of Swiss populism should be considered in a broader context, in connection with which attention is paid not only to the Swiss people's party, the Ticino League and the Geneva citizens ' Movement, but also to the populist parties of countries belonging to the Alpine macroregion – the Austrian freedom party (Austria) and the League (Italy). A discursive analysis of the programs shows that the anti-immigrant program is an essential part of the identity of right-wing populists. All of them are opposed to European integration and globalization, linking them to increased ethnic and religious tensions, unemployment and increased crime. At the same time, a special feature of Swiss parties is the fact that they position migration as a phenomenon mainly associated with cross-border movement of European citizens. Already complex, during the COVID-19 pandemic, this issue has become even more acute, and has become an integral part of their agenda. Meanwhile, the 2015-2018 migration crisis that preceded the pandemic allowed the Swiss people's party to strengthen its identity as a right-wing populist neoliberal party with a strong localist and conservative program aimed at cultural dominance over migrants. The authors also note that the Germanic focus on environmental protection is part of the populist agenda of right-wing regional parties, although it is usually characteristic of the left parties.

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Muslims in Switzerland: Is Citizenship Really Incompatible with Muslim Identity?

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Rejecting Muslim or Christian religious practices in five West European countries: a case of discriminatory rejection?

Rejecting Muslim or Christian religious practices in five West European countries: a case of discriminatory rejection?

Islamophobia, Muslimophobia or racism? Parliamentary discourses on Islam and Muslims in debates on the minaret ban in Switzerland

Anti-immigration Agenda of Populist Parties in Switzerland

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