Political Tolerance and Prejudice: Differential Reactions Toward Muslims in the Netherlands

Prejudice towards Muslims in The Netherlands: testing integrated threat theory.

This study uses integrated threat theory to examine Dutch adolescents' (N=1,187) prejudice towards Muslim minorities. One out of two participants was found to have negative feelings towards Muslims. Perceived symbolic and realistic threat and negative stereotypes were examined as mediators between antecedent factors (in-group identification, intergroup contact, and the endorsement of multicultu...

Religion and the Unmaking of Prejudice toward Muslims: Evidence from a Large National Sample

In the West, anti-Muslim sentiments are widespread. It has been theorized that inter-religious tensions fuel anti-Muslim prejudice, yet previous attempts to isolate sectarian motives have been inconclusive. Factors contributing to ambiguous results are: (1) failures to assess and adjust for multi-level denomination effects; (2) inattention to demographic covariates; (3) inadequate methods for c...

the translators agency and ideological manipulation in translation: the case of political texts in translation classes in iran

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Societal Discrimination against Muslims in Europe: Racism and Political Opportunism

Muslims in the Netherlands: Tensions and Violent Conflict

The Dutch fear of violence involving Muslims typifies the implicit association that people easily seem to make between Muslims and violence. Almost irrespective of the actual level of violent incidents, Muslims seem to project an image of responding violently to every political incident. How did this image come into being? In the Netherlands, what types of incidents and developments have occurr...