REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN: ETHNORELIGIOUS IDENTITY AS AN INTEGRATION FACTOR

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 147-160
Author(s):  
Nurgul Tutinova ◽  
Bekzhan Meirbayev ◽  
Albert Frolov ◽  
Kudaiberdi Bagasharov
Keyword(s):  
Ethnoreligious Identity

Jews and Muslims in contemporary French newspaper discourse (2000–2017)

2020 ◽  
pp. 095715582095202
Author(s):  
Adi Saleem Bharat
Keyword(s):  
Media Discourse ◽  
French Society ◽  
Fully Integrated ◽  
Newspaper Reporting ◽  
Ethnoreligious Identity ◽  
Integrated Or ◽  
Discursive Patterns

Jews and Muslims in France never formed singular communities and never solely or primarily interacted with each other as a function of ethnoreligious identity categories. Rather, their on-the-ground interactions often took place as a function of a variety of other identifications, solidarities, and experiences. Yet, media discourse commonly constructs Jews and Muslims as homogeneous, disparate, and separate communities and their relations as oppositional and troubled. This article examines how Jews and Muslims are relationally defined and constructed in media discourse, focusing on the national dailies Le Monde and Le Figaro. My analysis reveals the discursive patterns that emerge in articles on Jews and Muslims and how these representations implicitly construct ‘Jews’ and ‘Muslims’ and their ‘relations’. In doing so, I make two main arguments about newspaper reporting on Jewish–Muslim relations in France: (1) With some exceptions, Jews and Muslims are constructed as two separate, homogeneous communities and their relations presented as tense and problematic; (2) Jews tend to be presented as fully integrated and their representation is in general positive, while Muslims are more often presented as not fully integrated – or even as at odds with French society and its values – and their representation is, at best, ambiguous and, at worst, negative.

scholarly journals Rohingya: The History of a Muslim Identity in Myanmar

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacques Leider
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
World War Ii ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Military Operations ◽  
Political Struggle ◽  
Muslim Identity ◽  
Shared Identity ◽  
High Commissioner ◽  
Ethnoreligious Identity

The name Rohingya denotes an ethnoreligious identity of Muslims in North Rakhine State, Myanmar (formerly Burma). The term became part of public discourse in the late 1950s and spread widely following reports on human rights violations against Muslims in North Rakhine State during the 1990s, and again after 2012. Claims for regional Muslim autonomy emerged during World War II and led to the rise of a Rohingya ethnonationalist movement that drew on the local Muslim imaginaire, as well as regional history and archaeology. To explore the historical roots of distinctive identity claims and highlight Buddhist-Muslim tensions, one must reach back to the role of Muslims in the precolonial Buddhist kingdom of Arakan and their demographic growth during the colonial period. Civic exclusion and state harassment under Burma’s authoritarian regimes (1962–2011) put a premature end to political hopes of ethnic recognition, and yet hastened a process of shared identity formation, both in the country and among the diaspora. Since the 1970s, refugees and migrants turned to Bangladesh, the Middle East, and Southeast Asian countries, forming a transnational body of Rohingya communities that reinvented their lives in various political and cultural contexts. A succession of Rohingya nationalist organizations—some of whom were armed—had negligible impact but kept the political struggle alive along the border with Bangladesh. Although Rohingya nationalists failed to gain recognition among ethnic and religious groups in Burma, they have attracted increasing international acknowledgment. For postdictatorial Myanmar (after 2011), the unresolved Rohingya issue became a huge international liability in 2017, when hundreds of thousands fled to Bangladesh following military operations widely interpreted as ethnic cleansing. In December 2017, the United Nations’ high commissioner for human rights acknowledged that elements of genocide may be occurring.

Ethnoreligious Identity, Immigration, and Redistribution

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 173-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart Soroka ◽  
Matthew Wright ◽  
Richard Johnston ◽  
Jack Citrin ◽  
Keith Banting ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Ethnic Difference ◽  
The United States ◽  
Immigrant Status ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Redistributive Policy ◽  
Welfare Attitudes ◽  
Ethnoreligious Identity ◽  
Shed Light ◽  
Representative Samples

AbstractDo increasing, and increasingly diverse, immigration flows lead to declining support for redistributive policy? This concern is pervasive in the literatures on immigration, multiculturalism and redistribution, and in public debate as well. The literature is nevertheless unable to disentangle the degree to which welfare chauvinism is related to (a) immigrant status or (b) ethnic difference. This paper reports on results from a web-based experiment designed to shed light on this issue. Representative samples from the United States, Quebec, and the “Rest-of-Canada” responded to a vignette in which a hypothetical social assistance recipient was presented as some combination of immigrant or not, and Caucasian or not. Results from the randomized manipulation suggest that while ethnic difference matters to welfare attitudes, in these countries it is immigrant status that matters most. These findings are discussed in light of the politics of diversity and recognition, and the capacity of national policies to address inequalities.

Children’s Peritraumatic Responses During Sexual Abuse Incidents: Exploring the Narratives of Children From Different Ethnoreligious Groups in Israel

2021 ◽  
pp. 088626052110163
Author(s):  
Bella Klebanov ◽  
Carmit Katz
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Ecological Systems ◽  
Orthodox Jewish ◽  
Forensic Interviews ◽  
Flight Response ◽  
Quantitative Analyses ◽  
Fight Or Flight Response ◽  
Ethnoreligious Identity ◽  
Fight Or Flight

The peritraumatic response of children during incidents of child sexual abuse (CSA) is a neglected construct in the literature. Despite the widespread use of the fight-flight-freeze model, recent studies have shown that in the unique context of child abuse, additional peritraumatic responses could be relevant. The current mixed-methods study examined children’s peritraumatic responses to CSA. The sample consisted of 249 forensic interviews with children aged from 4 to 13 years. An initial qualitative analysis resulted in identifying various ways in which the children responded to the abuse, the children’s decision-making around these responses, as well their perceptions of their response. This analysis was followed by quantitative analyses, which explored the frequency of these peritraumatic responses and their correlation with the characteristics of the children and abuse. Six peritraumatic response categories were identified, the most common being fight, flight, and fear. Only ethnoreligious identity was significantly correlated with the fight-or-flight response, with a significantly lower frequency among Muslim and ultra-Orthodox Jewish children. Frequency of abuse and perpetrator familiarity were correlated with the frequency of the fight-or-flight response, indicating that the latter was less relevant in reoccurring incidents of abuse and with perpetrators who were family members. The findings promote the conceptualization of children’s peritraumatic responses during incidents of abuse and the realization of the crucial role of children’s ecological systems in their peritraumatic responses to incidents of abuse.

Disclosing the abuse: The effect of ethnoreligious identity on CSA disclosure in forensic interviews

2022 ◽  
Vol 124 ◽  
pp. 105441
Author(s):  
Hanin Mordi ◽  
Carmit Katz ◽  
Dafna Tener ◽  
Rivka Savaya
Keyword(s):  
Forensic Interviews ◽  
Ethnoreligious Identity

Everyday Sectarianism in Urban Lebanon

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanne Randa Nucho
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Religious Identity ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Religious Groups ◽  
Social Exchanges ◽  
Medical Clinics ◽  
Essential Services ◽  
Ethnoreligious Identity ◽  
Violent Conflicts

What causes violent conflicts around the Middle East? All too often, the answer is sectarianism—popularly viewed as a timeless and intractable force that leads religious groups to conflict. This book shows how wrong this perspective can be. Through in-depth research with local governments, NGOs, and political parties in Beirut, the book demonstrates how sectarianism is actually recalibrated on a daily basis through the provision of essential services and infrastructures, such as electricity, medical care, credit, and the planning of bridges and roads. In a working-class, predominantly Armenian suburb in northeast Beirut called Bourj Hammoud, the author conducted extensive interviews and observations in medical clinics, social service centers, shops, banking coops, and municipal offices, and explores how group and individual access to services depends on making claims to membership in the dominant sectarian community. The author examines how sectarianism is not just tied to ethnoreligious identity, but also class, gender, and geography. Life in Bourj Hammoud makes visible a broader pattern in which the relationships that develop while procuring basic needs become a way for people to see themselves as part of the greater public. Illustrating how sectarianism in Lebanon is not simply about religious identity, as is commonly thought, this book offers a new look at how everyday social exchanges define and redefine communities and conflicts.

scholarly journals Cultural Bereavement and Resilience in Refugee Resettlement: A Photovoice Study With Yazidi Women in the Midwest United States

2021 ◽  
pp. 104973232110030
Author(s):  
Julie A. Tippens ◽  
Kaitlin Roselius ◽  
Irene Padasas ◽  
Gulie Khalaf ◽  
Kara Kohel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychosocial Health ◽  
Health Priorities ◽  
Refugee Resettlement ◽  
Midwest United States ◽  
Refugee Women ◽  
Ethnoreligious Identity ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Health And Well Being

This study explored how ethnic Yazidi refugee women overcome adversity to promote psychosocial health and well-being within the context of U.S. resettlement. Nine Yazidi women participated in two small photovoice groups, each group lasting eight sessions (16 sessions total). Women discussed premigration and resettlement challenges, cultural strengths and resources, and strategies to overcome adversity. Yazidi women identified trauma and perceived loss of culture as primary stressors. Participants’ resilience processes included using naan (as sustenance and symbol) to survive and thrive as well as by preserving an ethnoreligious identity. Findings suggest that women’s health priorities and resilience-promoting strategies center on fostering a collective cultural, religious, and ethnic identity postmigration. Importantly, women used naan (bread) as a metaphor to index cultural values, experiences of distress, and coping strategies. We discuss implications for this in promoting refugees’ mental and psychosocial health in U.S. resettlement.

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