Existing evidence seems to indicate that Muslims in Scotland haveconstructed hyphenated or hybrid identities that draw on religion, ethnicityand nationality. However, minor attention has been given to the differencesin importance, meanings, and strengths of these identities, or the significanceof their identity markers. Ethnic minority people can be identified with boththeir ethnic groups and their country...Read More

This paper is based on a larger MA thesis that explores the collective identities of Muslims in Canada, and how their experiences as a religious minority have shaped their collective identity. It also explores attitudes of ‘otherment’, out-group suspicion and how disenfranchisement among certain individuals may result in a distortion of the Islamic religion. For...Read More

Consumer behavior is often intimately tied to contemporary ethno-religious conflict, as for example the sale of African ‘blood diamonds’, Somali piracy of international shipping and the use of economic sanctions by Western countries against Iran. Yet much current inquiry in the field remains cast at the domestic, individual level. The present study directs attention to...Read More

Muslims in the contemporary United States try to assimilate themselves with the American society to benefit from potential opportunities of this country; however, they are concerned about preserving their Islamic identities well. This article attempts to examine the Islamic fundamentals of coexistence which could help Muslims to keep their Islamic identity and meanwhile be assimilated...Read More