The South Asian Religious Diaspora in Britain, Canada, and the United States

Coward, Harold; Hinnells, John R.; Williams, R. B.

doi:10.1525/nr.2004.8.2.127

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“…37. See especially Bramadan (2009), Coward et al (2000), Erdemir et al (2008) and Willaime (2004). 38.…”

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Freedom of religion and belief in the European workplace

Foblets

2013

International Journal of Discrimination and the Law

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In this concluding contribution to the special issue on practices of reasonable accommodation for religion or belief in the workplace, the striking differences and similarities between the six country studies dealing with England, the Netherlands, Denmark, Bulgaria, France and Turkey are discussed. An important observation that emerges from all six analyses, and gives reason for considerable optimism as regards the development of protection of religious freedom in Europe, is that reasonable accommodations are making headway on the ground, even if formal law has not given them binding force. This conclusion ends by addressing the role of European Union (EU) law in promoting labour market policies that can successfully reduce the impact of exclusions and promote the greatest possible inclusion with regard to religious affiliation and/or belief, and also proposes some specific avenues for EU initiative in this area.

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“…37. See especially Bramadan (2009), Coward et al (2000), Erdemir et al (2008) and Willaime (2004). 38.…”

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Freedom of religion and belief in the European workplace

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2013

International Journal of Discrimination and the Law

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“…In addition, transnational networks between migrants and the home community have been found to impact migrants’ home cultures and religious practice. As stated by Vertovec (2004: 280), “…diasporas may themselves affect the development of religion in the homeland: the wealth, education and exposure to foreign influences transferred from diaspora may have significant effects on organization, practice and even belief.” Visits, communication, continued political involvement and return migration impact the local culture in the home country by introducing new ideas (Ammassari, 2004; Coward, 2000; Day and Içduygu, 1997; Guarnizo, et al, 2003; Vasile, 1997). For example, a study of Ukranian‐Jewish youth found that connections with family and friends who migrated to Israel, migrants who return for visits or permanently, and the knowledge that migration is an option, have all impacted the Jewish community in the Ukraine (Golbert, 2001).…”

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Impact of the Group of Co-migrants on Strategies of Acculturation: Towards an Expansion of the Berry Model

Cohen

2010

International Migration

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This article proposes expanding Berry's theory of acculturation strategies into a three-fold model to be applied to the case of acculturation among migrants. The expanded model includes the community of co-migrants as a distinct referent. It addresses the dynamic and multi-directional relationship between the three referents and the individual migrant, which all interact to create the experience of acculturation among migrants.An expanded typology is presented representing positive or negative attitudes toward each referent. The typology delineates eight possible strategies of acculturation among migrants, namely positive attitudes towards all three referents, negative attitudes towards all three, and the six possible variations between these extremes. Though not previously conceptualized and formalized, examples of all eight strategies were found in the existing literature. Some examples are cited, supporting the assertion that in the socio-psychological phenomenon of acculturation among migrants, the community of co-migrants plays a role which may be differentiated from the home culture and the host culture referents of the Berry model. The model provides a structure for exploring expression of these acculturation strategies among various sub-groups within a community of co-migrants.The current article is essentially a hypothesis paper, citing support for each of the proposed strategies of acculturation from published empirical studies carried out among a wide variety of migrant populations. A preliminary testing of the typology (Taieb, 2008) found that the cultures of the home, host and co-migrant communities do play distinct roles in the

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“…Table I shows that in the 2001 census, 40.6 million people, 71.2 per cent of the population, reported themselves as Christians, 1.6 million or 2.8 per cent as Muslims, 1 per cent as Hindu, 0.6 per cent as Sikhs, 0.5 per cent as Jewish and 0.3 per cent as Buddhist. Smaller religions such as Jains, Parsis, Bah’ai (Hinnells 1996; Weller 1997; Coward et al 2000) are amalgamated in the 0.3 per cent of ‘other religions’.…”

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Islam, ethnicity and South Asian religions in the London 2001 census

Peach¹

2006

Trans Inst British Geog

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The paper examines the relative strengths of the cross‐cutting variables of religion and ethnicity. British Muslims are often referred to as if they were a single community. The 2001 Censuses of England and Wales and Scotland demonstrate that Muslims are ethnically heterogeneous. Ethno‐religious ward‐level data for London from the 2001 census are used to test whether Islam binds together peoples of different ethnicity or whether ethnicity links groups despite religious differences. London Muslims, as a whole, are much less segregated than Sikhs, Jews or Hindus. Paradoxically this low level of overall segregation is produced by high intra‐Muslim ethnic segregation. Intra South‐Asian mixing irrespective of religion is greater than intra‐Muslim mixing, irrespective of ethnicity. Intra‐Black mixing is high irrespective of religion, while religion over‐rides race and ethnicity for Christian groups.

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The South Asian Religious Diaspora in Britain, Canada, and the United States

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Freedom of religion and belief in the European workplace

Freedom of religion and belief in the European workplace

Impact of the Group of Co-migrants on Strategies of Acculturation: Towards an Expansion of the Berry Model

Islam, ethnicity and South Asian religions in the London 2001 census

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