Societal Rather than Governmental Change: Religious Discrimination in Muslim-Majority Countries after the Arab Uprisings

Yasemin AKBABA; Jonathan FOX

doi:https://doi.org/10.20991/allazimuth.424929

Article Details

Societal Rather than Governmental Change: Religious Discrimination in Muslim-Majority Countries after the Arab Uprisings

Authors:

Yasemin AKBABA | Jonathan FOX

Publisher:

Center for Foreign Policy and Peace Research, İhsan Doğramacı Peace Foundation

Main Topics:

Sociology and anthropology

Journal:

All Azimuth: A Journal of Foreign Policy and Peace 2019 Vol.8 Issue 1, pp.5-22

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2019

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000664431

Frequency:

Bi-Annual

eISSN:

2757-9026

pISSN:

2146-7757

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20991/allazimuth.424929

Abstract:

 


This study examines shifts in governmental
religion policy and societal discrimination against religious minorities in
Muslim-Majority states after the Arab Uprisings by using the Religion and State
round 3 (RAS3) dataset for the years 2009-2014 and by focusing on 49
Muslim-majority countries and territories. We build on threads of literature on
religious pluralism in transitional societies to explain the changes in governmental
religion policy and societal discrimination against religious minorities after
the Arab Uprisings. This literature predicts a rise in all forms of
discrimination in Arab Uprising states as compared to other Muslim-majority
states, and an even more significant rise in societal religious discrimination
since societal behavior can change more quickly than government policy,
especially at times of transition. The results partially conform to these predictions.
There was no significant difference in the shifts in governmental religion
policy between Arab Uprising and other Muslim-Majority states, but societal
religious discrimination increased substantially in Arab Uprising states as compared
to non-Arab Uprising states. Understanding the nature of religion policies and religious
discrimination provides further opportunities to unveil the dynamics of
regional politics as well as conflict prevention in the region.  

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Article Details

Societal Rather than Governmental Change: Religious Discrimination in Muslim-Majority Countries after the Arab Uprisings

Authors: Yasemin AKBABA | Jonathan FOX

Publisher: Center for Foreign Policy and Peace Research, İhsan Doğramacı Peace Foundation

Main Topics: Sociology and anthropology

Journal: All Azimuth: A Journal of Foreign Policy and Peace 2019 Vol.8 Issue 1, pp.5-22

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 1/2019

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2000664431

Frequency: Bi-Annual

eISSN: 2757-9026

pISSN: 2146-7757

DOI: https://doi.org/10.20991/allazimuth.424929

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Authors:

Yasemin AKBABA | Jonathan FOX

Publisher:

Center for Foreign Policy and Peace Research, İhsan Doğramacı Peace Foundation

Main Topics:

Sociology and anthropology

Journal:

All Azimuth: A Journal of Foreign Policy and Peace 2019 Vol.8 Issue 1, pp.5-22

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

1/2019

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000664431

Frequency:

Bi-Annual

eISSN:

2757-9026

pISSN:

2146-7757

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20991/allazimuth.424929