Abstract
The present study examined the role of Indonesian Moslem majority’s national identification, collective emotions of pride and guilt in predicting their support in helping members of Islamic minority and their perceived inclusion towards this group. Data from this study (N= 182) demonstrated that, in line with our prediction, support for minority helping significantly predicted perceived inclusion. We also hypothesized and found that collective pride and collective guilt directly predicted the minority helping. Finally, national identification had significant direct effects on both collective pride and collective guilt. These findings shed light on the importance of collective emotions and national identification in giving rise to pro-social attitudes of Indonesian Moslem majority towards members of Islamic minority. Implications of the research findings were discussed with reference to theories of group-based emotion and intergroup helping, and to practical strategies Indonesian government can apply to recognize Islamic minorities.
Highlights
The present study examined the role of Indonesian Moslem majority’s national identification, collective emotions of pride and guilt in predicting their support in helping members of Islamic minority and their perceived inclusion towards this group
Some Sunni Moslems presume that Ahmadiyya and Shiite, which have to some extents different teachings and practices, are perverts of Islam
Preliminary Analyses Descriptive statistics — Table 1 demonstrated correlations among variables and the means as well standard deviations of each variable in this study. As shown in this table, demographic variable of Age had a significant effect on National Identification and Minority Helping
Summary
The present study examined the role of Indonesian Moslem majority’s national identification, collective emotions of pride and guilt in predicting their support in helping members of Islamic minority and their perceived inclusion towards this group. Given such Moslem majority judgment that the teachings of Shia and Ahmadiyya are deviant and blasphemous, members of these Islamic minorities find multifaceted predicaments to enjoy a normal life in Indonesia (Aritonang, 2012; Rayda, 2013) Such predicaments take form in, for example, the nationwide banning for Ahmadis and Shiites to practice their faith publicly and displacement of these members of Islamic minority groups to isolated areas after the destruction of their mosques, houses, and schools (Budiman, 2013; Hermawan, 2013). While radical Islamists have transparently shown their opposition towards the governmental facilitation, attitudes of moderate Moslem majority in Indonesia are still understudied To fill this void, the current study aimed to test some determinants of the feasibility of moderate Moslems to endorse the Indonesian government’s actions to help followers of Shia and Ahmadiyya and in turn, through this endorsement, to regard members of these Islamic minorities as representative Indonesian people. Such a unilateral claim constitutes a justification for aggressions and persecutions against members of Shi’a and Ahmadiyya
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