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Terrorist attacks and minority perceived discrimination.

Marco Giani1, Luca Paolo Merlino2

  • 1Department of Political Economy, King's College London, London, UK.

The British Journal of Sociology
|December 28, 2020
PubMed
Summary
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Jihadist terrorism increases perceived discrimination among Muslims, contrary to existing literature. Individual factors like socioeconomic status play a larger role in mitigating these responses than group dynamics.

Keywords:
minorityterrorism

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Area of Science:

  • Social Psychology
  • Political Science
  • Sociology

Background:

  • Existing research suggests terrorism negatively impacts generalized discriminatory attitudes.
  • This study posits that jihadist terrorism disproportionately affects Muslim communities.
  • Understanding the specific impact on different minority groups is crucial for policy and social cohesion.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To causally assess the effect of jihadist terrorism on perceived discrimination among Muslims.
  • To compare the impact of jihadist attacks on Muslims versus non-Muslim minorities.
  • To identify individual and group-level factors influencing public opinion responses to terrorism.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a 2x2 quasi-experimental design employing natural experiments.
  • Leveraged exogenous variation in terror threat from unexpected jihadist attacks during survey fieldwork.
  • Compared perceived ethnoracial discrimination among Muslims and non-Muslims before and after five terror attacks across five European countries.

Main Results:

  • Jihadist attacks significantly increased perceived ethnoracial discrimination among Muslims.
  • Conversely, these attacks led to a reduction in perceived discrimination among non-Muslims.
  • Individual factors such as social status and economic insecurity were more influential in mitigating public opinion responses than group-level factors.

Conclusions:

  • Jihadist terrorism uniquely impacts perceived discrimination differently for Muslims compared to other minorities.
  • While general attitudes towards out-groups may appear undifferentiated, the lived experience of discrimination post-terrorism is identity-dependent.
  • Socioeconomic factors significantly moderate the relationship between terrorism and perceived discrimination.