A Clash of Civilizations? Muslims, Christians, and Preferences for Democracy

Rafiqi, Arzoo

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“…The relationship between the West and the East is a clash of civilizations and an inevitable connection between unequal powers (Rafiqi 2019). It is old, complicated, and governed by accumulations of tension, anger, and bleakness.…”

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Ethnocentrism and Arab Women in Fadia Faqir’s The Cry of the Dove

Alobeytha

Alodwan

2023

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Arab women bear the struggle of their local tradition in their countries and the tradition of the Westerns when they live between them. They are victims of gender discrimination and racism. Ethnocentrism is the inclination of people who consider their customs, civilizations, culture, skin, and colour superior, demanding others to follow and imitate them. This paper examined the influence of ethnocentrism on Arab women in Arabian and Western countries by analysing Fadia Faqir’s The Cry of the Dove (2007). The framework in this study is guided by ethnocentrism as a concept in postcolonial theory. The findings revealed that (i) due to ethnocentrism, Arab women suffer gender discrimination, violence, marginalisation, slavery, and death, (ii) Western ethnocentrism abuses and dehumanises the Arab women immigrants, and (iii) ethnocentrism creates many chronic social and political diseases in the minds of people (colonizers, colonized and decolonized people, men and women ), (iv) and some Arab women view the Western world as a unique model that should be imitated.

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Section: Influence Of Ethnocentrism On Arab Women In Colonising Count...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Ethnocentrism and Arab Women in Fadia Faqir’s The Cry of the Dove

Alobeytha

Alodwan

2023

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“…Diversifying the study of religion can also offer insight into public and scholarly political debates. For example, Rafiqi (2019) shows that, contrary to those who argue that Islam is incompatible with democracy, Muslims actually endorse democracy to the same extent as Christians. Likewise, my own work on science and religion shows that, contrary to perceptions of inherent conflict between religion and science, the majority of every religious group I studied view science and religion as either independent of each other or actually in collaboration with one another.…”

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Diversifying the Social Scientific Study of Religion: The Next 70 Years

Ecklund

2020

Scientific Study of Religion

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Here I argue that we need to diversify the social scientific study of religion and chart a plan for how we are already and will continue to do so. At the time of the 70th anniversary of our association, I reflect on where—as an association—we have come from and where we are going. Our origin story points to an expansive vision for what would become the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR), but unfortunately our past has also been marked by an overrepresentation of white male leadership. It was only in 1982 that the society elected its first woman president, Mary Augusta Neal, and only in 2015 that it elected its first person of color, Fenggang Yang. Here, I discuss our hope for a more diverse future: attending to diversity in studies of religion, diversity in the groups of people who are encouraged to study religion, and efforts to translate religion research well to diverse groups of listeners. I share with you pieces of the new SSSR strategic plan, spearheaded in 2018 by Korie Edwards, the first black and woman of color President of the SSSR: particularly the pieces that are most attentive to diversity. I also highlight insights from my own scholarly story about diversity that I have learned through my work with the Religion and Public Life Program at Rice University.

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“…Islam's increased presence in European countries has aroused numerous concerns and societal controversies (Amiraux 2012; Brubaker 2017; Imhoff and Recker 2012; Rafiqi 2019). In a survey conducted in France in 2017, 61 percent of respondents considered Islam to be incompatible with the values of French society (IPSOS 2017).…”

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One Conception of Secularism for All? A Comparison of Conceptions of Laïcité among Nonbelievers, Catholics, and Muslims in France

Cohu

Maisonneuve

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2020

Scientific Study of Religion

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In European countries, a large number of people feel that Islam is incompatible with secularism. France's legal principle of laïcité (a type of state “secularism”) has governed the relationship between religion and society since 1905. However, recent research suggests that there coexist two distinct lay conceptions of laïcité that differ most notably in their tolerance for the presence of religious symbols in public places, one inclusive, the other restrictive. This latter conception appears to target mainly Muslims. The present research examined the lay conceptions of laïcité held by Catholics, Muslims, and nonbelievers. Analyses of participants’ responses (N = 375) to a scale measuring lay beliefs about laïcité confirmed the existence of two distinct lay conceptions of laïcité that differed in the importance given to public expression of religious beliefs, religious neutrality of the state, and equal treatment of different religions. The results also showed that, independent of participants’ religiosity, the restrictive conception was more prevalent among nonbelievers, the two conceptions were equally prevalent among Catholics, and the inclusive conception was more prevalent among Muslims.

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A Clash of Civilizations? Muslims, Christians, and Preferences for Democracy

Cited by 8 publications

References 62 publications

Ethnocentrism and Arab Women in Fadia Faqir’s The Cry of the Dove

Ethnocentrism and Arab Women in Fadia Faqir’s The Cry of the Dove

Diversifying the Social Scientific Study of Religion: The Next 70 Years

One Conception of Secularism for All? A Comparison of Conceptions of Laïcité among Nonbelievers, Catholics, and Muslims in France

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