The Muslim diaspora is the diasporic group of Muslims whose ancestors emigrated from the long-standing regions of the Muslim world and the national homes of the Muslim peoples, including Asia, the Palestinian and Israeli regions, and others, although mainly comprise the Middle East and North Africa along with parts of South and Southeast Asia.[1][2]
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Community relations
editMuslim diaspora and its countries of origin
editThe intersection between the Muslim diaspora's relationship with its ancestral homelands and the Muslim diaspora's relationship with foreign Islamic communities as part of the global Ummah has been called into question by some in the host countries of the diaspora, with scholars offering different ways of approaching the connections between the two relationships.[3]
Muslim diaspora and its host countries
editIn the West
editMuslims have become an integral part of almost every Western country. There is sometimes a journey to seek understanding between the diaspora's Islam-influenced values and the Western values of their host countries,[4] with some European countries having growing far-right populist movements against Muslims, such as with Geert Wilders in the Netherlands.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Moghissi, Haideh (2007-01-24). Muslim Diaspora: Gender, Culture and Identity. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-98541-7.
- ^ Silvestri, Sara (2016). "Misperceptions of the 'Muslim Diaspora'". Current History. 115 (784): 319–321. ISSN 0011-3530.
- ^ Shams, Tahseen (2021-03-01). "Homeland and Heartland: Conceptualizing the "Muslim" "Diaspora"". Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies. 21 (1): 47–63. doi:10.3138/diaspora.21.1.2020-11-03. ISSN 1044-2057.
- ^ "Muslim Diaspora in the West: Negotiating Gender, Home and Belonging". Routledge & CRC Press. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
- ^ "The One Percent Problem: Muslims in the West and the Rise of the New Populists". Brookings. Retrieved 2024-05-16.