TY - JOUR
T1 - Understanding Inter-Brasian conflict Sikhs and Muslims in the diaspora
AU - Sian, Katy P.
PY - 2011/8/1
Y1 - 2011/8/1
N2 - The phenomenon of Sikh and Muslim conflict has been largely analysed in anthropological and sociological works in terms of a product of angry youth or ethnic hatred or religious passions. This paper explores the main ways in which the increasing tensions between Sikhs and Muslims have been articulated in the landscape of postcolonial Britain. It investigates the most prominent explanations provided both in academic and popular literature to understand the various causes seen to fuel this type of conflict, that is ethno-religious causes, multicultural issues and as the symptom of youth delinquency. The paper offers a critique of such accounts and moves towards an ontological understanding of conflict, that is, to elaborate the central role of conflict and its relationship to the political as the site for contestation between 'friends and enemies'. This reading of Inter-BrAsian conflict enables us to open up a new space to re-evaluate the nature of Sikh and Muslim tensions within the diasporic context.
AB - The phenomenon of Sikh and Muslim conflict has been largely analysed in anthropological and sociological works in terms of a product of angry youth or ethnic hatred or religious passions. This paper explores the main ways in which the increasing tensions between Sikhs and Muslims have been articulated in the landscape of postcolonial Britain. It investigates the most prominent explanations provided both in academic and popular literature to understand the various causes seen to fuel this type of conflict, that is ethno-religious causes, multicultural issues and as the symptom of youth delinquency. The paper offers a critique of such accounts and moves towards an ontological understanding of conflict, that is, to elaborate the central role of conflict and its relationship to the political as the site for contestation between 'friends and enemies'. This reading of Inter-BrAsian conflict enables us to open up a new space to re-evaluate the nature of Sikh and Muslim tensions within the diasporic context.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=80051877745&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/17448727.2011.593295
DO - 10.1080/17448727.2011.593295
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:80051877745
VL - 7
SP - 111
EP - 130
JO - Sikh Formations: Religion, Culture, Theory
JF - Sikh Formations: Religion, Culture, Theory
SN - 1744-8727
IS - 2
ER -