Religious Misperceptions: The Case of Muslims and Christians in France and Britain (Communication, Comparative Cultures and Civilizations)

This book provides a glimpse into how misperceptions between Muslims and Christians in France and Britain perpetuate interpersonal and societal conflicts. Through the use of in-depth interviews and statistical analysis, Muslims and Christians express their experiences. Christians explain how they perceive Islam changing the very nature of Europe. Futhermore, Christians assert this change is something Christian Europe should resist. Muslims, on the other hand, see Europe as an unwelcoming home that expects them to change and become Europeans but does not understand their faith or heritage. Readers will find vivid descriptions from respondnets of their experiences from living as a Muslim or a Christian in a Europe going through what many consider an identity shift