Orthodox Churches and the ‘Othering’ of Islam and Muslims in Today’s Balkans
The article focuses on the relation between the socio-legal status of national Orthodox Churches and their role in the legal, institutional and social ‘othering’ of Islam and ethnic groups of Muslims in three Balkans countries, namely, Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Serbia. The research reveals that...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2020]
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Journal of Muslims in Europe
Year: 2020, Volume: 9, Issue: 3, Pages: 377-401 |
| IxTheo Classification: | BJ Islam CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations KBK Europe (East) KDF Orthodox Church |
| Further subjects: | B
Muslims
B Orthodox Churches B Europe B Islamophobia B Othering |
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| Summary: | The article focuses on the relation between the socio-legal status of national Orthodox Churches and their role in the legal, institutional and social ‘othering’ of Islam and ethnic groups of Muslims in three Balkans countries, namely, Bulgaria, North Macedonia and Serbia. The research reveals that the state-pursued construction of national identity and politics of belonging are expressly permeated by ethno-confessional nationalism, which is at the core of the deep-running tensions between the dominant ethnic group and the marginalized Muslims. There is an alliance between the political and the Church elites to keep ethnic groups of Muslim background either altogether outside the ‘national Us’ or at least at its outer margins. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-7954 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Muslims in Europe
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22117954-BJA10012 |