| ID | 126017 |
| Title Proper | Religious discrimination against religious minorities in Middle Eastern Muslim states |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Fox, Jonathan |
| Publication | 2013. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This study examines religious discrimination between 1990 and 2008 against 47 religious minorities in 17 Middle Eastern Muslim majority states using data from the Religion and State-Minorities data-set. The study uses a 29-category variable which measures restrictions on the religious practices or institutions of minority religions which are not placed on the majority religion. Forty-five of the 47 minorities, including all non-Muslim minorities, experience religious discrimination. Discrimination is lowest but still substantial against Muslim minorities (e.g. Shi'i Muslims in a Sunni Muslim state), higher against Christians, but highest against Hindus, Buddhists, Druze, and Bahai. Twenty-eight of the 29 types of religious discrimination included in the data-set are present in the region. Finally, when discounting the removal of Saddam Hussein's regime from Iraq, religious discrimination in the region remains stable. |
| `In' analytical Note | Civil Wars Vol. 15, No.4; Dec 2013: p.454-470 |
| Journal Source | Civil Wars Vol. 15, No.4; Dec 2013: p.454-470 |
| Key Words | Saddam Hussein ; Religious Discrimination ; Hindus ; Buddhists ; Druze ; Bahai ; Muslim Minorities ; Minority Religions ; Middle Eastern |