RT Article
T1 Has Multiculturalism Really Failed?: A Canadian Muslim Perspective
JF Religions
VO 4
IS 4
SP 603
OP 620
A1 Nagra, Baljit
A1 Peng, Ito
A2 Peng, Ito
LA English
YR 2013
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1745102779
AB In recent years, claims that multiculturalism has created segregated communities, encouraged terrorism, and failed to foster shared national identities in western nations have gained popularity. In this paper, we use young Canadian Muslims’ lived experience of multiculturalism to reflect on this debate. Contrary to popular rhetoric, our interviews of 50 young Muslim adults show that many maintain a dual Canadian-Muslim identity by utilizing the ideology of multiculturalism, even though they are increasingly stigmatized for their religion. These findings lead us to problematize the discourse surrounding the ‘failure’ of multiculturalism and to highlight the contradictions within it.
K1 9/11
K1 Canadian Muslims
K1 Canadian identity
K1 Muslim Identity
K1 ‘clash of civilizations’
K1 Multiculturalism
K1 Race relations
DO 10.3390/rel4040603