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    Faith, Flight and Foreign Policy: Effects of war and migration on Western Australian Bosnian Muslims

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    Authors
    Vujcich, Daniel
    Date
    2016
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Vujcich, D. 2016. Faith, Flight and Foreign Policy: Effects of war and migration on Western Australian Bosnian Muslims. Australian Journal of Social Issues. 42 (1): pp. 71-86.
    Source Title
    Australian Journal of Social Issues
    DOI
    10.1002/j.1839-4655.2007.tb00040.x
    Faculty
    Faculty of Health Sciences
    School
    School of Public Health
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/77865
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    This article examines the nexus between war, religion and migration through a series of qualitative interviews with Bosnian Muslim humanitarian entrants to Western Australia. By utilising a three-tiered model for assessing religiosity, the interviews reveal that a substantial number of participants placed a greater emphasis on Islam during the Balkan conflict. The way in which individual religiosity was expressed upon resettlement in Western Australia was largely determined by pre-migration religiosity and postmigration contact with other Muslims. In particular, migrants with a low level of Islamic knowledge tended to internalise the values and ideas of more conservative Muslims upon arriving in the receiver-nation. Meanwhile, those with a well-developed pre-migration understanding of Islam tend to resist outside influence and continue their original beliefs and practices. The findings demonstrate that conflicts at the state level frequently precipitate psychological crises of identity at the personal level; this in turn has an effect on the cultural and political landscape of migrant receiving nations.

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