Political opportunity structures and the activism of first- and second-generation Muslims in two Italian cities

Mezzetti, Giulia; Ricucci, Roberta

doi:10.1080/09637494.2019.1678979

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“…In recent years, we have found that experiences of interreligious dialogue and migrants' social integration are both top-down driven, from governments' and religious institutions' initiatives, and bottom-up driven, from associations or citizenship initiatives, with the latter showing more social impact and social transformation capacity than the former (Duemmler and Nagel 2013;Mezzetti and Ricucci 2019). Thus, a selection criterion was bottom-up interreligious dialogue groups, such as AUDIR's groups.…”

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Interreligious Dialogue Groups Enabling Human Agency

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Evidence has shown that interreligious dialogue is one of the paths to build bridges among diverse cultural and religious communities that otherwise would be in conflict. Some literature reflects, from a normative standpoint, on how interreligious dialogue should be authentic and meaningful. However, there is scarce literature on what conditions contribute to this dialogue achieving its desirable goals. Thus, our aim was to examine such conditions and provide evidence of how interreligious dialogue enables human agency. By analyzing the activity of interreligious dialogue groups, we document the human agency they generate, and we gather evidence about the features of the conditions. For this purpose, we studied four interreligious dialogue groups, all affiliated with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) Association for Interreligious Dialogue (AUDIR), employing in-depth interviews and discussion groups. In these groups, which operate in diverse and multicultural neighborhoods, local actors and neighbors hold dialogues about diversity issues. In so doing, social coexistence, friendship ties, and advocacy initiatives arise. After analyzing the collected data, we conclude that for interreligious dialogue to result in positive and promising outputs, it must meet some principles of dialogic learning, namely equality of differences, egalitarian dialogue, cultural intelligence, solidarity, and transformation.

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“…To do so, Brücke in die Welt regularly engages with other civil society organisations on issues related to civil rights, intercultural living and communication, organizes workshops for schools and companies, and intervenes in local media in an effort to change established Mitterhofer 271 discourses. Its members actively commit themselves to improving the society within which they live (see also Mezzetti & Ricucci, 2019). They do so by participating in South Tyrolean society as active citizens, recognizing the territory's particular history, politics and complexities as part of their own lives -even if some of them are not Italian citizens and are labelled and discriminated as 'foreigners' who do not belong.…”

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Acts of Belonging: Second Generation Youth in South Tyrol, Italy

Mitterhofer

2023

Migration Letters

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This article studies citizenship beyond its manifestation as a formal legal status, by exploring citizenship as a process shaped by people’s everyday practices and experiences of belonging. Through investigating the daily struggles over belonging and membership of young people with migrant background in the autonomous province of South Tyrol in Northern Italy, this study pays particular attention to the ways in which belonging on the macro scale (the nation, the state) and the micro scale (the village, the city, the region) clash, intersect and interact with each other. By highlighting practices of belonging at the margins of a state by actors considered to be at the margins of the state, this article contributes to scholarly debates that “decentre” citizenship by studying it at, from and for the margins.

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“…The new Italian pluralism is characterised not only by the numerical growth of new faiths but also by an unexpected dynamism of some of these new religious communities. With their strong ties to cultural identity and capacity to mobilise people, especially second-generation immigrants, these communities are claiming new religious and citizenship rights and changing the public image of an inherently Catholic Italy (e.g., Mezzetti and Ricucci 2019). Indeed, the entry and settlement of immigrants from different countries is contributing to a revitalization of religious experience and is promoting institutional and theological transformations (Ambrosini et al 2018).…”

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Two Models of Political Secularism and Religious Freedom in Italy and Croatia: Findings from a Survey among Youth

Leofreddi

2023

Religions

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Interest in political secularism is growing, due to its proven relevant role in affecting people’s political behaviours and attitudes toward human rights. However, until now, only a few studies have analysed its influence on religious freedom and those which exist do so mostly from a governmental-policy perspective. Drawing upon the sociology of religious freedom, this article seeks to address this gap. Comparing two Catholic EU countries, Italy and Croatia, and adopting an empirical perspective, it aims to understand whether the endorsement of political secularism enhances or limits support for religious freedom. More specifically, the study draws a key distinction between two models of secularism, ‘institutional’ and ‘ideological’, whose impacts on different aspects of religious freedom are assessed. In doing so, this research presents the results of a cross-national survey on Social Perception of Religious Freedom (SPRF) that was carried out among university students in Italy (=714) and Croatia (=603). The results show the strong positive influence of moderate forms of political secularism in shaping a positive culture of religious freedom. At the same time, they validate the hypothesis that it is necessary to consider political secularism’s multiple facets to fully understand its influence on support for religious freedom in different countries.

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Political opportunity structures and the activism of first- and second-generation Muslims in two Italian cities

Cited by 10 publications

References 20 publications

Interreligious Dialogue Groups Enabling Human Agency

Interreligious Dialogue Groups Enabling Human Agency

Acts of Belonging: Second Generation Youth in South Tyrol, Italy

Two Models of Political Secularism and Religious Freedom in Italy and Croatia: Findings from a Survey among Youth

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