RT Article
T1 Knowledge, False Beliefs and Fact Driven Perceptions of Muslims in German Universities
JF Journal of Muslim minority affairs
VO 41
IS 2
SP 205
OP 214
A1 Ata, Abe W.
A1 Baumann, Klaus 1963-
LA English
PB Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group
YR 2021
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1767226608
AB This paper examines what may constitute both positive and negative attitudes towards Muslims that we may predict from the scale of our knowledge, fashionable or well worn. In other words, are negative attitudes towards Muslim strongly correlated with false beliefs. The research was part of a larger study examining the attitudes of 424 non-Muslim German students in Freiburg and five other universities in Germany. The results show that participants who spontaneously communicated false beliefs and had low level of knowledge expressed more negative attitudes towards Muslims than those who did not. It is thus conceivable that accepting incorrect information may be shaping negative attitudes toward Muslims. On the basis of the findings we are only able to conclude there is a bi-directional relationship between prejudice and the degree of knowledge, or cultural perception of Muslims amongst tertiary educated students, however there is no evidence of causation or level of significance.
K1 minorities & stereotyping
K1 Prejudice
K1 knowledge and attitudes
K1 false beliefs
K1 Muslim-Germans
DO 10.1080/13602004.2021.1943882