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Demobilizing or activating? The effect of anti-Muslim discrimination on Muslims’ counter-extremism engagement
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Shanaah, Sadi (2022) Demobilizing or activating? The effect of anti-Muslim discrimination on Muslims’ counter-extremism engagement. Social Problems, 69 (1). pp. 203-221. doi:10.1093/socpro/spaa025 ISSN 0037-7791.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/socpro/spaa025
Abstract
Scholars have reported mixed findings when it comes to the effect of discrimination on political and social behavior. In some cases, experiences of discrimination reduce mainstream political and social engagement, in other cases the opposite seems to be true. The indeterminate outcome of discrimination has important bearing on counter-extremism policies in the West. These policies aim at galvanizing Muslim communities’ engagement in countering extremism, but they do so in the context of heightened levels of anti-Muslim discrimination. This article therefore investigates the effect of anti-Muslim discrimination on the willingness of Muslims to take action against Islamist extremism. In two studies, it analyses data from unique large-N nationally representative surveys of British Muslims, using both cross-sectional and experimental designs. Both studies did not find support for the hypothesis that anti-Muslim discrimination reduces the willingness of Muslims to engage in counter-extremism. Furthermore, the investigated relationship appears to be curvilinear, where few experiences with anti-Muslim discrimination increase the likelihood of Muslims’ engagement in counter-extremism in comparison to those who did not have such experiences and those who encountered discrimination more frequently. If confirmed by further research, this finding can potentially help to reconcile the mixed results in the literature.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races J Political Science > JZ International relations |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Islamophobia -- Great Britain, Great Britain -- Race relations, Muslims -- Great Britain, Radicalism -- Great Britain -- Religious aspects -- Islam, Islamic fundamentalism -- Great Britain, Islamic fundamentalism -- Great Britain -- Prevention | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Social Problems | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0037-7791 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | February 2022 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 69 | ||||||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 203-221 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1093/socpro/spaa025 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in Social Problems following peer review. The version of record Sadi Shanaah, Demobilizing or Activating? The Effect of Anti-Muslim Discrimination on Muslims’ Counter-Extremism Engagement, Social Problems, , spaa025 is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/socpro/spaa025 | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Copyright Holders: | Oxford University Press, Sadi Shanaah | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 24 June 2020 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 18 December 2020 | ||||||||
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