Attitudes towards refugees and Muslim immigrants in Iceland: The perceived link to terrorism
In the past few years, millions have been forced to leave their homes seeking refuge in other countries, most displaced from Muslim majority countries. The inflow of refugees and recent terrorist attacks in Europe may have reinforced prejudice against Muslim immigrants in Europe. Research on these i...
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fticelandunivojs:oai:ojs.hi.is:article/3289 2023-05-15T16:45:50+02:00 Attitudes towards refugees and Muslim immigrants in Iceland: The perceived link to terrorism Valdimarsdóttir, Margrét Jónsdóttir, Guðbjörg Andrea 2020-12-16 application/pdf http://www.irpa.is/article/view/a.2020.16.2.7 https://doi.org/10.13177/irpa.a.2020.16.2.7 eng eng Stjórnsýslustofnun http://www.irpa.is/article/view/a.2020.16.2.7/pdf http://www.irpa.is/article/view/a.2020.16.2.7 doi:10.13177/irpa.a.2020.16.2.7 ##submission.copyrightStatement## Icelandic Review of Politics & Administration; Árg. 16, Nr 2 (2020): Hausthefti; 217-242 Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla; Árg. 16, Nr 2 (2020): Hausthefti; 217-242 1670-679X 1670-6803 Attitudes towards immigrants refugees Muslim immigrants fear of terrorism Muslim stereotypes info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article 2020 fticelandunivojs https://doi.org/10.13177/irpa.a.2020.16.2.7 2022-09-21T13:38:32Z In the past few years, millions have been forced to leave their homes seeking refuge in other countries, most displaced from Muslim majority countries. The inflow of refugees and recent terrorist attacks in Europe may have reinforced prejudice against Muslim immigrants in Europe. Research on these issues is almost non-existent in Iceland. Using a random sample of 3.360 individuals in late 2019 and a survey-based experimental design, we address several questions related to attitudes towards Muslim immigrants and refugees in Iceland. Our results indicate that just over half of the population is willing to accept more refugees than is currently done and does not want to limit the proportion of Muslims among them. Notwithstanding, about 44% of the public believe that the risk of terrorism will increase if Iceland accepts more immigrants from Muslim majority countries. Political orientation and education are associated with attitudes toward refugees, an association that is partly mediated through stereotypes of Muslims as a security threat. The findings also show that people who are informed that research finds no link between the number of Muslim immigrants and the risk of terrorism are less likely to stereotype Muslim immigrants as a security threat than people who get no such information. This type of information has similar effects on people irrespective of their political orientation. Consequently, the current study does not support the proposition that right-leaning individuals in Iceland are more distrustful of scientific information than those on the left. The effects are, however, significantly contingent on education. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland University of Iceland: Peer Reviewed Journals Veftímaritið Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla 16 2 217 242 |
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In the past few years, millions have been forced to leave their homes seeking refuge in other countries, most displaced from Muslim majority countries. The inflow of refugees and recent terrorist attacks in Europe may have reinforced prejudice against Muslim immigrants in Europe. Research on these issues is almost non-existent in Iceland. Using a random sample of 3.360 individuals in late 2019 and a survey-based experimental design, we address several questions related to attitudes towards Muslim immigrants and refugees in Iceland. Our results indicate that just over half of the population is willing to accept more refugees than is currently done and does not want to limit the proportion of Muslims among them. Notwithstanding, about 44% of the public believe that the risk of terrorism will increase if Iceland accepts more immigrants from Muslim majority countries. Political orientation and education are associated with attitudes toward refugees, an association that is partly mediated through stereotypes of Muslims as a security threat. The findings also show that people who are informed that research finds no link between the number of Muslim immigrants and the risk of terrorism are less likely to stereotype Muslim immigrants as a security threat than people who get no such information. This type of information has similar effects on people irrespective of their political orientation. Consequently, the current study does not support the proposition that right-leaning individuals in Iceland are more distrustful of scientific information than those on the left. The effects are, however, significantly contingent on education. |
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Attitudes towards refugees and Muslim immigrants in Iceland: The perceived link to terrorism |
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Attitudes towards refugees and Muslim immigrants in Iceland: The perceived link to terrorism |
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