Faith-Based Discrimination and Violent Religious Hostilities: A Global Analysis

Nilay Saiya, Stuti Manchanda and Rahmat Wadidi

Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2024, vol. 68, issue 6, 1109-1138

Abstract: Several studies have found restrictions on minority faith-based communities to be related to the onset of violent religious hostilities. Absent from this work, though, is a consideration of the fact that minority religious discrimination can take different forms, and, consequently, may encourage violence in different ways. This paper seeks to fill this void by examining different forms of minority religious restrictions and their relationship to religious violence. Specifically, we analyze the comparative strength of three basic types of religious discrimination—restrictions on minority religious practices , restrictions on minority religious institutions , and restrictions on conversion and proselytizing —on violence carried out by both religious majority groups and religious minority groups. Interestingly, our analysis shows all three forms of restrictions encourage violence from religious majorities, but not from minorities. We supplement the statistical analysis with a case study of faith-based discrimination and violent religious hostilities in India.

Keywords: religion; discrimination; violence; conflict; India; minorities; persecution; terrorism; hate crimes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1177/00220027231188901

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