The shaping of Islam and Islamophobia in Belgium
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2357209 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sami Zemni (0000-0002-0252-0080, Ghent University) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 28-44 |
| Publication date | 2011-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Race & Class (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0306-3968 • E-ISSN: 1741-3125 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0306396811406781 |
| OpenAlex | W2327610164 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
| References cited | 2 |
The author discusses the way in which Islam has been cast as a political problem in Belgium and how Muslims have, particularly in Flanders, become framed by politicians and commentators in the media as a threat. The actual socioeconomic difficulties that Muslims (particularly those of Turkish and Moroccan descent) face are being redrawn as problems stemming from their culture and religion. State agencies are trying to shape the political organisation that will represent Belgian Muslims, as the issue of Islam is increasingly debated in terms of the 'clash of civilisations', and secularism and the Enlightenment are linked in public debate with a Christian Europe
Enlightenment · Face (sociological concept · Islam · Islamophobia · Political science · Politics · Secularism · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science · Theology · Turkish · Dutch Social and Cultural Studies · History · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender · Religious studies · Religious Studies
Immanent Human(ism)s
La gestión de la diversidad
Everyday Gendered Islamophobia in the Workplace
Demographic fears, status uncertainty, and the urban–rural divide
Differences in journalism culture or is there more to it? Comparing news on the European refugee issue in Western Europe and China
Welcome to the Counterjihad’
Elements of a Historical-Materialist Theory of Racism
Giving Voice at a Price
Navigating (De)Conversion While Maintaining Social Relations Across Different Religions in Flanders (Belgium)
Entangled identities and acculturation
Negotiating a contested identity
Face to Face with Anti-Muslim Sentiment
Relational Ethics
Breaking the In-Group Out-Group
Meaningful intercultural contact
Failing victims, fuelling hate
The Muslim conspiracy theory and the Oslo massacre
Religion and everyday cosmopolitanism among religious and non-religious urban youth
Structural assimilation in young first-, second- and third-generation migrants in Flanders
Putting flesh to the bone
| Citations per year | 1.43 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2025 (14) |
| Highly cited | No |