Minority policies in the Muslim world

The Muslim world hosts a wide diversity of minority groups in terms of ethnicity, religion, language and culture. The minority diversity in some countries is overwhelming compared to others. Such diversities have put the countries in difficult position for national unification in the nation-build...

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Main Author:	Md. , Moniruzzaman
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Bangladesh Institute of Islamic Thought (BIIT) 2014
Subjects:	JA Political science (General)
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spelling	iium-400412016-03-22T00:01:50Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/40041/ Minority policies in the Muslim world Md. , Moniruzzaman JA Political science (General) The Muslim world hosts a wide diversity of minority groups in terms of ethnicity, religion, language and culture. The minority diversity in some countries is overwhelming compared to others. Such diversities have put the countries in difficult position for national unification in the nation-building process. This article examines the minority policies of the Muslim countries in the context of majority syndrome. The minority policy is looked at from the perspective of government attitude towards four major international conventions in terms of ratification and accession. It argues that higher the ratification rate, fairer the minority policy of a country. The study found that the Muslim countries have mostly either ratified or accessed to three out of four conventions. In terms of inter-regional trend, the African, South and Southeast Asian and Central Asian countries are mostly comfortable with all the conventions. The Arab countries, however, show most irregular pattern. Bangladesh Institute of Islamic Thought (BIIT) 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/40041/1/Minority_Policies_in_the_Muslim_World.pdf Md. , Moniruzzaman (2014) Minority policies in the Muslim world. International Journal of Islamic Thoughts, 3. pp. 21-42. ISSN 2306 -7012 http://iiitbd.org/journals-of-biit/
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description	The Muslim world hosts a wide diversity of minority groups in terms of ethnicity, religion, language and culture. The minority diversity in some countries is overwhelming compared to others. Such diversities have put the countries in difficult position for national unification in the nation-building process. This article examines the minority policies of the Muslim countries in the context of majority syndrome. The minority policy is looked at from the perspective of government attitude towards four major international conventions in terms of ratification and accession. It argues that higher the ratification rate, fairer the minority policy of a country. The study found that the Muslim countries have mostly either ratified or accessed to three out of four conventions. In terms of inter-regional trend, the African, South and Southeast Asian and Central Asian countries are mostly comfortable with all the conventions. The Arab countries, however, show most irregular pattern.
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title	Minority policies in the Muslim world
title_short	Minority policies in the Muslim world
title_full	Minority policies in the Muslim world
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title_full_unstemmed	Minority policies in the Muslim world
title_sort	minority policies in the muslim world
publisher	Bangladesh Institute of Islamic Thought (BIIT)
publishDate	2014
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/40041/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/40041/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/40041/1/Minority_Policies_in_the_Muslim_World.pdf
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Minority policies in the Muslim world

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