Islamophobia in European Schools: A Multinational Phenomenological Research

Ali Baltacı; Murat Kayacan

doi:10.5281/zenodo.3353411

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Islamophobia in European Schools: A Multinational Phenomenological Research

Abstract

This study, which aims to investigate the existence of Islamophobia in European schools, an important part of the social structure, is designed as a phenomenological study. Data were collected through interviews with 36 teachers working in seven different European countries. As a result of the study, Islamophobia has been identified as an unignorable and a major problem in European schools. Moreover, it reveals that the teachers do not have enough knowledge about Islam, but the majority of participants have open or hidden Islamophobic tendencies. In addition, the teachers think that Islamic lifestyles and Muslims are not part of European cultures and that Muslim students should be subjected to intense cultural training. Again, the majority of the participants argue that the fight against Islamophobia can be achieved through prejudice and communication training for teachers. This study is important in that it is a pioneering work in the literature that investigates the entity of Islamophobia among teachers in Europe.

Keywords

Religious Education,Islamophobia,Europe,School,Teacher

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English

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Religious Studies

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Ali Baltacı ^*
0000-0003-2550-8698
Türkiye

Murat Kayacan This is me
0000-0003-2131-0692
Türkiye

Publication Date

August 26, 2019

Submission Date

November 22, 2018

Acceptance Date

March 21, 2019

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Year 2019 Volume: 2 Number: 1

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3353411

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Baltacı, A., & Kayacan, M. (2019). Islamophobia in European Schools: A Multinational Phenomenological Research. ULUM, 2(1), 5-28. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3353411

AMA

1.Baltacı A, Kayacan M. Islamophobia in European Schools: A Multinational Phenomenological Research. ULUM. 2019;2(1):5-28. doi:10.5281/zenodo.3353411

Chicago

Baltacı, Ali, and Murat Kayacan. 2019. “Islamophobia in European Schools: A Multinational Phenomenological Research”. ULUM 2 (1): 5-28. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3353411.

EndNote

Baltacı A, Kayacan M (August 1, 2019) Islamophobia in European Schools: A Multinational Phenomenological Research. ULUM 2 1 5–28.

IEEE

[1]A. Baltacı and M. Kayacan, “Islamophobia in European Schools: A Multinational Phenomenological Research”, ULUM, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 5–28, Aug. 2019, doi: 10.5281/zenodo.3353411.

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Baltacı, Ali - Kayacan, Murat. “Islamophobia in European Schools: A Multinational Phenomenological Research”. ULUM 2/1 (August 1, 2019): 5-28. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3353411.

JAMA

1.Baltacı A, Kayacan M. Islamophobia in European Schools: A Multinational Phenomenological Research. ULUM. 2019;2:5–28.

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Baltacı, Ali, and Murat Kayacan. “Islamophobia in European Schools: A Multinational Phenomenological Research”. ULUM, vol. 2, no. 1, Aug. 2019, pp. 5-28, doi:10.5281/zenodo.3353411.

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1.Ali Baltacı, Murat Kayacan. Islamophobia in European Schools: A Multinational Phenomenological Research. ULUM. 2019 Aug. 1;2(1):5-28. doi:10.5281/zenodo.3353411

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