The Meanings, Risk Factors and Consequences of Religious Extremism: The Perceptions of Islamic Education Teachers from Israel

Autor/in	Saada, Najwan
Titel	The Meanings, Risk Factors and Consequences of Religious Extremism: The Perceptions of Islamic Education Teachers from Israel
Quelle	In: British Educational Research Journal, 49 (2023) 1, S.5-18 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0141-1926
DOI	10.1002/berj.3825
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Teacher Educators; Islam; Religious Factors; Antisocial Behavior; Violence; Political Attitudes; Ideology; Terrorism; Social Attitudes; Risk; Muslims; Middle Schools; High Schools; Jews; Fear; Gender Discrimination; Power Structure; Disadvantaged; Individual Power; Teacher Attitudes; Arabs; Israel + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Teacher education; Education; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Gewalt; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Ideologie; Terrorismus; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Risiko; Muslim; Muslimin; Middle school; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; High school; Oberschule; Jew; Jude; Jüdin; Juden; Furcht; Eigeninitiative; Lehrerverhalten; Arab; Araber
Abstract	This multiple case study examines the attitudes of 14 Islamic education teachers from Israel towards the meaning, causes and consequences of religious extremism among students in their Arab and Muslim-majority middle and high schools. These teachers define religious extremism as belief in absolute religious truth, inflexibility in religious interpretation, or strict adherence to Islamic teachings. In addition, the teachers distinguish the personal (adolescence, family problems and psychosocial needs), religious (unquestioned following of extremist imams or religion scholars; adopting of selective, literal and decontextualised readings of the religious text; influence of partisan teachers) and socio-political factors (students' feelings of fear and anger towards Israel and its unjust and oppressive role in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict) that push students towards religious extremism. Religious extremism, the teachers conclude, may lead to hatred or violence against followers of other religions, antagonism between Muslims and Jews in Israel, increased Islamophobia in Western societies, the rejection of Islam, the oppression of female students and reduced student achievement and diminished future prospects. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01