Devoutness to Islam and the Attitudinal Acceptance of Political Violence Among Young Muslims in Germany

Bibliographic Data

ID6338639
AuthorsAndreas Hadjar (0000-0002-2641-010X, University of Luxembourg Luxembourg, corresponding author), David Schiefer (0000-0001-7710-368X, Expert Council of German Foundations on Integration and Migration (SVR) Berlin Germany), K Boehnke (0000-0002-5435-4037, Jacobs University Bremen Germany), Wolfgang Frindte (0000-0003-0686-710X, Friedrich Schiller University Jena Germany), Daniel Geschke (Institut für Demokratie und Zivilgesellschaft – Thüringer Dokumentations‐ und Forschungsstelle gegen Menschenfeindlichkeit Jena Germany)
Year2019
Volume40
Issue2
Pages205-222
Publication date2019-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePolitical Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0162-895X • E-ISSN: 1467-9221
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/pops.12508
OpenAlexW2888220251
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited39

This article investigates the links between religious beliefs and capitalist mentalities—namely devoutness to Islam and hierarchic self‐interest (HSI)—and violence‐accepting attitudes among the young Muslim migrant population in Germany. Following a situational perspective, these links are analyzed under different individual conditions structured by (socioeconomic) precariousness and education. Based on framing approaches and concepts from socialization theory, we derive the following hypothesis: The links between religious beliefs and capitalist mentalities and the attitudinal acceptance of violence are stronger among individuals with low levels of education and a precarious economic status (compared to high education/nonprecarious status). The strongest link is expected for a negative status inconsistency (high education/precarious economic status). Structural equation models for data from a random probability sample of 350 Muslims (aged 14–32 years) in Germany indicate that attitudinal acceptance of violence among young Muslims is not predicted by devoutness to Islam but by economic precariousness and by acceptance of capitalist values of the HSI belief system

Framing (construction · Geography · Islam · Political science · Politics · Population · Situational ethics · Socialization · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Demography · Law · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Social Capital and Networks · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Social Psychology