Religiosity and attitudes toward muslim immigrants in the context of a terrorist attack |
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| Institution: | 1. Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Germany;2. DIPF | Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Germany;1. Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, The University of Texas at Austin, Bellmont Hall, 2109 San Jacinto Blvd., Austin, TX 78712, USA;2. Department of Public Health Sciences, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, 1120 NW 14th Street, Miami, FL 33136, USA;3. Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1975 Zonal Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA;4. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics, University of Southern California, 635 Downey Way, Verna & Peter Dauterive Hall, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA;5. Department of Educational and Psychological Studies, School of Education and Human Development, University of Miami, 5202 University Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33124, USA;6. School of Education, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, 5210 Windisch, Switzerland;1. NIT, Agartala, India;2. IIM, Kashipur, India;1. Department of Psychology, Bursa Uluda? University, Bursa, Turkey;2. Department of Psychology, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Çanakkale, Turkey;3. Department of Psychology, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey |
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| Abstract: | Research on religiosity and attitudes toward immigrants is inconclusive, while it has repeatedly been reported that Islamist terrorist attacks lead to anti-immigrant attitudes. In this context, it remains unclear how these aspects interact, especially, since we can assume that religion plays an important role in light of an attack by an extremist religious group like ISIS: How does an Islamist terrorist attack moderate the relationship between religiosity and attitudes toward immigrants? The present study, therefore, analyses the relationship between religiosity and attitudes toward Muslim immigrants before and after the ‘Charlie Hebdo Attack’. It builds on the Uncertainty-Identity-Theory and the Religious Coping Literature. Analyses of European Social Survey (ESS) data reveal that the relationship varies over time: Religiosity does not predict the attitudes before the attack. Immediately after the attack, more religious individuals are less accepting. Lastly, with temporal distance, greater religiosity makes liberal attitudes more likely. |
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| Keywords: | Anti-Muslim Attitudes Charlie Hebdo Religion Religiosity Terrorist Attack |
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