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Faith, flight and foreign policy: Effects of war and migration on Western Australian Bosnian Muslims

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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 r...

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Nuffield Department of Population Health
Sub department:
Population Health
Role:
Author
Journal:
Australian Journal of Social Issues
Volume:
42
Issue:
1
Pages:
71-86
Publication date:
2007-09-01
ISSN:
0157-6321
Language:
English
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Pubs id:
pubs:384091
UUID:
uuid:89177034-7e52-42fd-b2f5-8cc2c9ab989f
Local pid:
pubs:384091
Source identifiers:
384091
Deposit date:
2013-11-16

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