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A Study on the Change of Muslim Identity of Arab-Canadian Immigrants

  • Muslim-Christian Encounter
  • Abbr : MCE
  • 2022, 15(2), pp.136-154
  • DOI : 10.30532/mce.2022.15.2.135
  • Publisher : Torch Trinity Center for Islamic Studies
  • Research Area : Humanities > Christian Theology > Mission Theology
  • Received : August 10, 2022
  • Accepted : September 27, 2022
  • Published : September 30, 2022

DONGMOON KIM 1

1Presbyterian Theological Seminary in America

Accredited

ABSTRACT

This study analyzed data related to the religious nature of immigrants from Arab Islamic regions contained in Canada's census results. It was evaluated that the "Muslim" identity was different from the religious "Muslim" meaning as an expression of identity as a member of the community. The phenomenon of Arab Muslim immigrants in immigrant societies becoming "Muslims" as an individual religious expression in "Muslims," an expression of "identity as a member of the community," was confirmed. The proportion of the religious population in the country of origin does not appear in the Immigrant country. It was also confirmed that the longer the immigration period, the weaker the "Muslim" identity. The proportion of Muslims in the Arab Islamic countries is more than 90 percent, but it has fallen below 30 percent in the immigrant community. Also, "no religion" population is growing rapidly among Arab Muslim immigrants. It has been confirmed that it is unreasonable to react or interpret the influx of migrants from Arab Islamic countries into Europe in a way that Muslims flock.

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