”De räknas inte som svenskar i mina ögon” En studie av attityder till islam och muslimer hos elever på gymnasiets yrkesförberedande linjer med ett intersektionellt perspektiv

Abstract

This essay aims to broaden the understanding of intolerance towards people with religious and/or cultural Islamic association or background. This thesis has intolerance and Islamophobia as central components and starts with the question: In what manner do twelve pupils talk about Islam and Muslims in their third year of the vocational program, in small towns and in the countryside? The survey took place in the south of Sweden in a rural municipality where a total of twelve students from the industrial, electricity and vehicle program in the Swedish gymnasiums participated in two separate focus group interviews. The essay will use an intersectional analysis to see where the students position themselves and Muslims in relation to each other and to society. The essay also contains a comparison of Islamophobia in the country side and in the city environment. The result will show how the students lack the basic knowledge about Islam and Muslim religious life and how the interviewed students tend to refer to all immigrants as Muslims. Furthermore the students believe that there is a huge problematic with Muslims in Sweden and that Muslims have changed Sweden in a negative direction. The result will show how Islamophobia is looked upon in the Swedish gymnasiums. For those who want to see and work with Islamophobia in the Swedish schools it is especially current.