The Discourse of Multiculturalism: An Obstacle to Cultural Change?
This article discusses how the discourse of multiculturalism affects religious and cultural changes in the Muslim communities in Sweden and Norway, particularly with reference to gender and gender relations. Although the two societies have few multicultural policies, the discourse on multiculturalis...
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| author | Anne Sofie Roald |
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| description | This article discusses how the discourse of multiculturalism affects religious and cultural changes in the Muslim communities in Sweden and Norway, particularly with reference to gender and gender relations. Although the two societies have few multicultural policies, the discourse on multiculturalism has still led to claims for legal pluralism. However, it seems that there is an obvious change of attitudes to such claims between the first-generation Muslim immigrants and their descendants, second-generation Norwegian and Swedish Muslims. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e8096f4beb4a4878aa0fca71ed2aef4a2022-12-22T04:36:25ZdanForum for IslamforskningTidsskrift for Islamforskning1901-95802014-02-018110.7146/tifo.v8i1.25330The Discourse of Multiculturalism: An Obstacle to Cultural Change?Anne Sofie RoaldThis article discusses how the discourse of multiculturalism affects religious and cultural changes in the Muslim communities in Sweden and Norway, particularly with reference to gender and gender relations. Although the two societies have few multicultural policies, the discourse on multiculturalism has still led to claims for legal pluralism. However, it seems that there is an obvious change of attitudes to such claims between the first-generation Muslim immigrants and their descendants, second-generation Norwegian and Swedish Muslims.https://tifoislam.dk/article/view/25330multiculturalismMuslim communitiesSwedenNorway |
| spellingShingle | Anne Sofie Roald The Discourse of Multiculturalism: An Obstacle to Cultural Change? Tidsskrift for Islamforskning multiculturalism Muslim communities Sweden Norway |
| title | The Discourse of Multiculturalism: An Obstacle to Cultural Change? |
| title_full | The Discourse of Multiculturalism: An Obstacle to Cultural Change? |
| title_fullStr | The Discourse of Multiculturalism: An Obstacle to Cultural Change? |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Discourse of Multiculturalism: An Obstacle to Cultural Change? |
| title_short | The Discourse of Multiculturalism: An Obstacle to Cultural Change? |
| title_sort | discourse of multiculturalism an obstacle to cultural change |
| topic | multiculturalism Muslim communities Sweden Norway |
| url | https://tifoislam.dk/article/view/25330 |
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