Coping with Islamophobia: The effects of religious stigma on Muslim minorities' identity formation

International Journal of Intercultural Relations

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 518-532

  Kunst, Jonas R ^a   Tajamal, Hajra ^a   Sam, David L ^b   Ulleberg, Pål ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anti Muslim; Islamophobia; Muslim; National identity; Religious discrimination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861773733     PISSN: 01471767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2011.12.014     Document Type: Article

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