Religion, Cultural Clash, and Muslim American Attitudes About Politically Motivated Violence
Does adherence to Islam predict attitudes about suicide bombing among American Muslims? This study examines the effects of religious and political factors on views of politically motivated violence (PMV). We draw from diverse scholarship, emphasizing arguments that are inspired by Samuel Huntingto...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2015]
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Journal for the scientific study of religion
Year: 2015, Volume: 54, Issue: 2, Pages: 242-260 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Muslim
/ Violent behavior
/ Politics
/ Religiosity
/ Huntington, Samuel P. 1927-2008, The clash of civilizations and the remaking of world order
/ Geschichte 2007
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion BJ Islam KBQ North America NCD Political ethics TK Recent history |
| Further subjects: | B
clash of civilizations
B American Muslims B Political Islam B Terrorism B sociology of Islam |
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| Summary: | Does adherence to Islam predict attitudes about suicide bombing among American Muslims? This study examines the effects of religious and political factors on views of politically motivated violence (PMV). We draw from diverse scholarship, emphasizing arguments that are inspired by Samuel Huntington's Clash of Civilizations perspective, as well as recent work in the sociology of Islam. Using a measure that gauges support for suicide bombing from the 2007 Pew Survey of American Muslims, results from logistic regression models suggest that political views and religious factors have a minimal effect on Muslim American attitudes toward suicide bombing. Furthermore, we find that Qur'anic authoritativeness (i.e., the view that the Qur'an is the word of God and not written by men) is associated with lower odds of supporting this form of PMV. We discuss the implications of our findings for the often anecdotal and alarmist accounts that link Muslim religiosity to support for radical extremism. We close with study limitations and avenues of future research. |
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| ISSN: | 1468-5906 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the scientific study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/jssr.12185 |