Faith-based discrimination and violent religious hostilities: a global analysis

Several studies have found restrictions on minority faith-based communities to be related to the onset of violent religious hostilities. Absent from this work, though, is a consideration of the fact that minority religious discrimination can take different forms, and, consequently, may encourage vio...

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Main Authors: Saiya, Nilay, Manchanda, Stuti, Wadidi, Rahmat
Other Authors: School of Social Sciences
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/171240
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Manchanda, Stuti
Wadidi, Rahmat
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description Several studies have found restrictions on minority faith-based communities to be related to the onset of violent religious hostilities. Absent from this work, though, is a consideration of the fact that minority religious discrimination can take different forms, and, consequently, may encourage violence in different ways. This paper seeks to fill this void by examining different forms of minority religious restrictions and their relationship to religious violence. Specifically, we analyze the comparative strength of three basic types of religious discrimination—restrictions on minority religious practices, restrictions on minority religious institutions, and restrictions on conversion and proselytizing—on violence carried out by both religious majority groups and religious minority groups. Interestingly, our analysis shows all three forms of restrictions encourage violence from religious majorities, but not from minorities. We supplement the statistical analysis with a case study of faith-based discrimination and violent religious hostilities in India.
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spelling ntu-10356/1712402023-10-17T08:17:55Z Faith-based discrimination and violent religious hostilities: a global analysis Saiya, Nilay Manchanda, Stuti Wadidi, Rahmat School of Social Sciences Social sciences::Political science Religion Discrimination Several studies have found restrictions on minority faith-based communities to be related to the onset of violent religious hostilities. Absent from this work, though, is a consideration of the fact that minority religious discrimination can take different forms, and, consequently, may encourage violence in different ways. This paper seeks to fill this void by examining different forms of minority religious restrictions and their relationship to religious violence. Specifically, we analyze the comparative strength of three basic types of religious discrimination—restrictions on minority religious practices, restrictions on minority religious institutions, and restrictions on conversion and proselytizing—on violence carried out by both religious majority groups and religious minority groups. Interestingly, our analysis shows all three forms of restrictions encourage violence from religious majorities, but not from minorities. We supplement the statistical analysis with a case study of faith-based discrimination and violent religious hostilities in India. Ministry of Education (MOE) The authors received financial support from an AcRF Tier 1 Grant from the Singapore Ministry of Education. 2023-10-17T08:17:55Z 2023-10-17T08:17:55Z 2023 Journal Article Saiya, N., Manchanda, S. & Wadidi, R. (2023). Faith-based discrimination and violent religious hostilities: a global analysis. Journal of Conflict Resolution. https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00220027231188901 0022-0027 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/171240 10.1177/00220027231188901 2-s2.0-85165494361 en Journal of Conflict Resolution © 2023 The Author(s). All rights reserved.
spellingShingle Social sciences::Political science
Religion
Discrimination
Saiya, Nilay
Manchanda, Stuti
Wadidi, Rahmat
Faith-based discrimination and violent religious hostilities: a global analysis
title Faith-based discrimination and violent religious hostilities: a global analysis
title_full Faith-based discrimination and violent religious hostilities: a global analysis
title_fullStr Faith-based discrimination and violent religious hostilities: a global analysis
title_full_unstemmed Faith-based discrimination and violent religious hostilities: a global analysis
title_short Faith-based discrimination and violent religious hostilities: a global analysis
title_sort faith based discrimination and violent religious hostilities a global analysis
topic Social sciences::Political science
Religion
Discrimination
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