Religious Equality: From the Perspective of School Canteens

Abstract

In recent years, rampant terrorism supported by racist Islam has provoked heated discussions on religious equality. Ina global context, inequalities against religious people occur all the time,but few studies have explored this issue from a microperspective. Following the definition of equality given by Modood, this study examined religious equality from the perspective of school canteen operations. Focusing on the current situationof university school canteens, the study pointed outone of the major problems, that is, the insufficient attention to or the neglect of the religious students specific needs. The study then analyzed the reasons why it is important to take the needs of students with different religious backgrounds into consideration from three aspects: equality aspect, legal aspect ,and cultural aspect. In the end, this study proposed solutions to the existing problems based on interviews with religious students, aiming to provide insights into the protection of traditional religious culture. The problems concerning religious inequality in primary and secondary school canteens should also attract the attention of future studies. More importantly, topropose more reasonable suggestions, the voice of religious students and staff should be heard.