Sacred time and religious violence: evidence from Hindu-Muslim riots in India
How and when can religious times become focal points for communal violence? In the context of Hindu-Muslim riots in India, I argue that incompatible ritual holidays where one religion`s rituals are at odds with another (e.g., sacrificing cows or engaging in processions with idolatry) help explain th...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2023
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| In: |
The journal of conflict resolution
Year: 2024, Volume: 68, Issue: 10, Pages: 1968-1993 |
| Further subjects: | B
Statistical analysis
B Hindus B Muslim B India |
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| Summary: | How and when can religious times become focal points for communal violence? In the context of Hindu-Muslim riots in India, I argue that incompatible ritual holidays where one religion`s rituals are at odds with another (e.g., sacrificing cows or engaging in processions with idolatry) help explain the positive effect of sacred time on religious rioting. Holidays with incompatible rituals provide doctrinal differences that make riots more likely. These types of holidays can be used by riot entrepreneurs to incite violence or can independently raise an individual’s willingness to engage in violence. I provide support for this argument by analyzing data on Hindu-Muslim riots across 100 years. I investigate the mechanisms through additional analysis and examining historical and present-day cases of riots that occurred on holidays. By focusing on the content of religion, this paper demonstrates how particular religious holidays can provide the underlying conditions that elites use to incite religious violence. |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 1990-1993 |
| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource, Tabellen, Diagramme |
| ISSN: | 1552-8766 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of conflict resolution
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/00220027231219985 |
