The impact of global conflicts on local contexts: Muslims in Sweden after 9/11 - the rise of Islamophobia, or new possibilities?
This article presents the most important data from a Swedish interview survey on the situation of Islamic communities in Sweden following 9/11 and also discusses how global conflicts affect local communities, even though the latter may be separated from the former in time and space. It argues the ne...
| Published in: | Islam and Christian-Muslim relations |
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge
2005
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Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
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| Further subjects: | B
terrorism / measures against terrorism
B Empirical Analysis B Reconstruction / Konfliktfolgen / Kriegsfolgen B Terrorismusbekämpfung / Terrorism B Empirische Untersuchung B Swedes B consequences of conflict / consequences of war / post-conflict reconstruction B Stranger B minorities / marginal groups B Sweden B Islam B Minderheiten / Randgruppen B Stranger / Xenologie |
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| Summary: | This article presents the most important data from a Swedish interview survey on the situation of Islamic communities in Sweden following 9/11 and also discusses how global conflicts affect local communities, even though the latter may be separated from the former in time and space. It argues the need for more empirical data that can be analysed and used for comparisons with other minority groups in Europe and the United States in order to avoid either positive or negative generalizations about Muslims and Islam in the West. |
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| ISSN: | 0959-6410 |
| Contains: | In: Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/0959641052000313228 |