TY - UNPB
T1 - Terrorism and integration of Muslim immigrants
AU - Elsayed, A.E.A.
AU - de Grip, A.
PY - 2013/1/1
Y1 - 2013/1/1
N2 - We study the effect that a series of fundamentalist-Islamic terrorist attacks in Europe had on the attitudes of Muslim immigrants in the Netherlands towards integration. Shortly after the attacks, Muslim immigrants’ perceived integration, as measured by various indicators, decreased significantly relative to that of non-Muslims immigrants whereas there is no evidence for the existence of a negative trend in the integration of Muslims prior to the terrorist attacks. We further show that terrorism has a particularly negative impact on the integration of the highly educated, employed, and less religious Muslims - those who arguably have a strong potential for integration.
AB - We study the effect that a series of fundamentalist-Islamic terrorist attacks in Europe had on the attitudes of Muslim immigrants in the Netherlands towards integration. Shortly after the attacks, Muslim immigrants’ perceived integration, as measured by various indicators, decreased significantly relative to that of non-Muslims immigrants whereas there is no evidence for the existence of a negative trend in the integration of Muslims prior to the terrorist attacks. We further show that terrorism has a particularly negative impact on the integration of the highly educated, employed, and less religious Muslims - those who arguably have a strong potential for integration.
U2 - 10.26481/umaror.2013014
DO - 10.26481/umaror.2013014
M3 - Working paper
T3 - ROA Research Memoranda
BT - Terrorism and integration of Muslim immigrants
PB - ROA
CY - Maastricht
ER -