Rising Islamophobic Discourses in Europe and Fight Against Islamophobia on the Basis of International Organizations

Kedikli, Umut; Akça, Mehmet Şirin

doi:10.2478/mjss-2018-0001

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“…Anti-Islam organizations such as Pegida and radical right parties such as the Flemish Interest Party (Belgium), Party for Freedom (Netherlands), or National Rally (previously the National Front) (France) are gaining support. These organizations normalize Islamophobic claims that national identities and personal freedoms are threatened by increasing Muslim migration (Kedikli and Akça, 2018). The past decade has moreover seen public debates and laws introduced regarding the regulation of Islamic dress (Meer et al, 2010;Eggert and Giugni, 2011;Bayrakli and Hafez, 2022) Consequently, twelve out of the seventeen countries included in this study currently enforce some form of veil banning.…”

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Religiosity and electoral turnout among Muslims in Western Europe

Kollar,

Geurts,

Spierings

2023

Eur. Pol. Sci. Rev.

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Investigating the relationship between Islamic religiosity and electoral participation amongst Muslim citizens in Western Europe, this study combines insights from the sociology of religion and Islamic studies with political behavior literature thus creating an improved theoretical framework and a richer empirical understanding surrounding the electoral participation of religious minorities. First, we theorize about three underlying dimensions of Islamic religiosity: frequency of mosque attendance, religious identification, and frequency of prayer. Subsequently, we consider how the religiosity–voting relationship is bolstered or hindered by hostile national environments such as more exclusionary policies and practices (e.g., veil banning or exclusionary citizenship laws). Empirically, we use a unique dataset that harmonizes five European surveys, resulting in a sample size of just under 8,000 European Muslims. Using multi-level techniques, we find, contrary to research on majority religiosity, that communal religiosity is unrelated to electoral participation. However, individual religiosity bolsters voting in particular among the second generation. Opposite to our expectation, we find that hostile environments do not seem to lead to different impacts of Islamic religiosity within Western Europe. Our results support the taking of a more fine-grained approach when measuring religiosity and also highlight how the impact varies across genders and generations.

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Section: Contextual Boundariesmentioning

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Religiosity and electoral turnout among Muslims in Western Europe

Kollar,

Geurts,

Spierings

2023

Eur. Pol. Sci. Rev.

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“…URL: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-armeniaazerbaijan-putin-macron-idUSKBN26L3SB (accessed: 13.02.2021). towards globalization and European integration (Kedikli & Akça, 2018).…”

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Admission of Turkey into the European Union: “Does Religion Matter?”

Aryal

Nair

Bhattarai

2021

Vestn. Ross. univ. družby nar., Ser. Meždunar. otnoš.

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With the rising fear of Islamisation in Europe and increasing Islamist sentiment in Turkey, the issue of religion in the context of integration of Turkey into the European Union remains relevant. After a long-lasted wait and continuous negotiations, Turkey seems to be moving further away from getting accepted in the EU. The research focuses on the religious factor in this unrelenting friction between the two regions / entities and answers the question as to why the EU and Turkey should consider religion as one of the variables in the European integration. The analysis is done with the use of primary and secondary sources with special focus on Samuel Huntingtons realism-inspired work Clash of the Civilization. Turkish sources were used for better understanding the dynamics of Turkey. In terms of methodological approach the research is done with using the content analysis and contemporary observation of socio-political scenario and behavioral changes that the EU and Turkey going through. The authors conclude that there is no proper mechanism to consider religion as a variable, but psychologically it is still playing a major role in both the EU and Turkey. The authors believe that the EU and Turkey should discuss the religious dimension of integration while talking other dynamics.

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