Secular tolerance?: Anti‐Muslim sentiment in Western Europe
Ribberink,E.C. Achterberg,P.H.J. Houtman,D.
Ribberink,E.C.
Achterberg,P.H.J.
Houtman,D.
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The literature about secularization proposes two distinct explanations of anti-Muslim sentiment in secularized societies. The first theory understands it in terms of religious competition between Muslims and the remaining minority of orthodox Protestants; the second understands it as resulting from value conflicts between Muslims and the nonreligious majority. The two theories are tested by means of a multilevel analysis of the European Values Study 2008. Our findings indicate that, although more secularized countries are on average more tolerant towards Muslims and Islam, strongest anti-Muslim attitudes are nonetheless found among the nonreligious in these countries.
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Ribberink, E C, Achterberg, P H J & Houtman, D 2017, 'Secular tolerance? Anti‐Muslim sentiment in Western Europe', Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, vol. 56, no. 2, pp. 259–276. https://doi.org/10.1111/jssr.12335
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