What Are Young Chinese People’s Attitudes on Muslims in China and What are the Factors That Influence the Attitude?
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.211220.306How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Muslims; Attitude; Young Chinese People
- Abstract
This research paper attempts to paint a more detailed picture of Chinese young people’s attitudes towards Muslims in China that might help to eliminate stereotypes and improve intergroup relationship. In the study, questionnaire was sent out to 200 Chinese young people to investigate their expressed attitude toward Muslims and Islamic Culture. Overall, the result of the study demonstrates that there is an overall positive attitude toward Muslims in China. In addition, the result also shows generally the participants have a positive stereotypes and a weak feeling of being potentially threaten by Muslims in China. Furthermore, the analysis of different factors including participants’ age, sex, ethnical background, and intergroup contact with Muslims reveals that a higher intergroup contact with Muslims in school, neighborhood and other places is highly associated with less negative stereotypes and more positive expressed attitude toward muslims. This result contributes to a deeper understanding of potential effective solutions to eliminate stereotypes faced by Chinese Muslims.
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- © 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Anqi Ma AU - Yufei Kou AU - Bingqing Li AU - Thong Yang PY - 2021 DA - 2021/12/24 TI - What Are Young Chinese People’s Attitudes on Muslims in China and What are the Factors That Influence the Attitude? BT - Proceedings of the 2021 4th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 1808 EP - 1814 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211220.306 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.211220.306 ID - Ma2021 ER -