Tolerance of Muslim minority identity enactment: The roles of social context, type of action and cultural continuity concern.

ABSTRACT: There have been strong debates in many European countries about religious identity enactment of Muslims, with the wearing of the headscarf in public places being a central symbolic topic. This study investigated the importance of the context (private versus three public contexts) for tolerance of Muslim identity enactment (e.g., the wearing of headscarves) among a national sample of Dutch majority group members. Using an experimental design, it was found that tolerance was highest in the private context, followed by the street context and then the contexts of work. Furthermore and in all contexts, tolerance of Muslims persuading others to start enacting their religious identity in a similar way was lower than tolerance of identity enactment itself. Moreover, both types of tolerance were fo

SUBMITTER: Velthuis E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9545679 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature