Muslim immigrants and religious group feelings: Self-identification and attitudes among Sunni and Alevi Turkish-Dutch

Ethnic and Racial Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1121-1142

  Verkuyten, Maykel ^a   Yildiz, Ali Aslan ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alevi; Group relations; Minority rights; Muslim identity; Muslim minorities; Sunni

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; ETHNIC MINORITY; IMMIGRANT; ISLAMISM;

EID: 70449397920     PISSN: 01419870     EISSN: 14664356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01419870802379312     Document Type: Article

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