Islamophobia without Muslims? The Case of Poland

At the first glance Polish intolerance of Muslims—expressed in a variety of quantitative and qualitative studies—seems to be puzzling for two reasons. Firstly, Poland has a six century long tradition of peaceful coexistence with Tatars, indigenous Polish Muslims, thus Poles should be used to the Mus...

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Главный автор: Górak-Sosnowska, Katarzyna (Автор)
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: Brill 2016
В: Journal of Muslims in Europe
Год: 2016, Том: 5, Выпуск: 2, Страницы: 190-204
Другие ключевые слова:B Muslims Poland Islamophobia Central and Eastern Europe
Online-ссылка: Volltext (Verlag)
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Итог:At the first glance Polish intolerance of Muslims—expressed in a variety of quantitative and qualitative studies—seems to be puzzling for two reasons. Firstly, Poland has a six century long tradition of peaceful coexistence with Tatars, indigenous Polish Muslims, thus Poles should be used to the Muslim Other. Secondly, the number of Muslims in Poland is marginal (approximately 0.1%), which makes them hardly visible in the public sphere. Based on four hypotheses constructed on two factors (the number of Muslims and the wider regional and European context) the article hopes to provide some preliminary explanations.
ISSN:2211-7954
Второстепенные работы:In: Journal of Muslims in Europe
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/22117954-12341326