ABSTRACT

Public debates proclaim that Muslims have turned their backs on Western societies and their “core values”. Quantitative studies have shown that Muslim migrants identify more with their origin nation and less with their host country, and that they support gender equality less than other migrants. While often attributed to Muslims’ religiosity, migrants’ denominations also reflect whether they belonged to the dominant religious majority or a marginalized minority in their origin country, which also shapes national identifications and support for gender equality. EURISLAM data on 1,500 migrants from Turkey and Pakistan show that Alevi and Ahmadiyya minority-migrants identify less with their origin country and more with their host society than Sunni majority-migrants. Pivotally, marginalized minority-migrants acculturate faster, as their support for gender equality increases more strongly over the years than majority-migrants’. Altogether, focusing on essentialist views of Muslims’ religion overlooks other mechanisms that shape diversity in acculturation among Muslim migrants.

摘要

公开辩论宣称，穆斯林已经放弃了西方社会及其“核心价值观”。定量研究表明，穆斯林移民对原籍国的认同更多，而对东道国的认同却更少，与其他移民相比，他们对性别平等的支持更少。尽管经常归因于穆斯林的宗教信仰，但移民的教派也反映出他们是属于其原籍国中占主导地位的宗教多数还是边缘化少数群体，这也塑造了民族认同感和对性别平等的支持。EURISLAM关于来自土耳其和巴基斯坦的1,500名移民的数据显示，与逊尼派多数移民相比，Alevi和Ahmadiyya少数族裔人士对原籍国的认同较少，而对所在社会的认同更高。从根本上讲，边缘化的少数族裔移民文化积累得更快，因为多年来，他们对两性平等的支持比多数移民更加强烈。总而言之，关注穆斯林宗教的本质主义观点而忽视了其他形成穆斯林移民适应文化多样性的机制。