Problem
Segregation based on religious affiliation
Other Names:
Religious segregationReligious ghettos
Nature:
Religious segregation may take the form of segregation in education, in employment, in class, in housing and in marriage. In public services, political discrimination can cause the apportioning of social benefits according to religion. Segregation results in inequality, religious intolerance, conflict, and sometimes civil war. Religious segregation may be inflicted by force, as with the segregation of the Jews in Nazi Germany and elsewhere in Europe under Nazi occupation during the 2nd World War.
Incidence:
Religious segregation is universal and particularly marked in multidenominational societies. For some fundamentalist or very traditional sects, segregation is almost complete.
Broader Problems:
SegregationReligious repression Aggravates:
Social outcastsThreatened sectsSegregation in housingSegregation in marriageSegregation in employmentReligious discrimination in education Reduces:
Religious conflict Strategies:
Segregating based on religious affiliation Subject(s):
Religious Practice → ReligionSociety → Segregation
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
D: Detailed problems Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST