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How state support of religion shapes attitudes toward Muslim immigrants: New evidence from a sub-national comparison
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Abstract This article argues that governments play a considerable role in shaping citizens’ attitudes toward Muslim immigrants through the way they regulate religion. European democracies are far from secular, and matters of religious regulation cannot be reduced to abstract values or constitutional clauses.... view more
This article argues that governments play a considerable role in shaping citizens’ attitudes toward Muslim immigrants through the way they regulate religion. European democracies are far from secular, and matters of religious regulation cannot be reduced to abstract values or constitutional clauses. Under conditions of high state support of religion, accommodating new religious minorities involves not only the changing of existing rules but also giving up on long-standing traditions and everyday habits. As a result, citizens see religious newcomers as a threat to their way of life and react with animosity to their practices and demands. We support our argument by combining newly designed survey items with original data on religious regulation in 26 Swiss cantons. Our findings contradict the extant literature and have important implications for the democratic challenges in Europe, the quality of modern immigration societies, and the role of religion in democracy more generally.... view less
Keywords
immigration; Muslim; minority; religious group; integration policy; religious policy; public opinion; attitude; collective identity; national state-church; Switzerland
Classification
Sociology of Religion
Migration, Sociology of Migration
Free Keywords
migration; politics; religion
Document language
English
Publication Year
2016
Page/Pages
p. 391-424
Journal
Comparative political studies, 49 (2016) 3
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10419/171965
ISSN
1552-3829
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications
With the permission of the rights owner, this publication is under open access due to a (DFG-/German Research Foundation-funded) national or Alliance license.