Coexistence of Muslims and Non-Muslims in East Asia: A Comparative Study on the Acculturation of Life Styles

本研究通过东亚社会中穆斯林少数与非穆斯林多数之间的跨文化互动，关注生活方式的文化适应（在家庭、宗教团体、经济活动和教育四个维度上），旨在澄清这些社会中穆斯林与非穆斯林共存的状况和挑战。跨国、历史和制度分析的结果表明，在日本，穆斯林少数民族人口虽少但多元，非穆斯林占多数人口与穆斯林的互动也多种多样，因此，地方层面的融合政策或基于各地方社区情况的多元文化共存政策优于国家层面的单一融合政策。

This study focused on the acculturation of life styles (in the four dimensions of family, religious group, economic activity, and education) through the transcultural interaction between Muslim minority and non-Muslim majority in East Asian societies and aimed at clarifying the situation and challenges of coexistence of Muslims and non-Muslims in these societies. The results of cross-national, historical and institutional analyses suggest that local-level integration policies or multicultural coexistence policies based on the situation in each local community are preferable to the national-level unitary integration policy in Japan, where Muslim minority population is small but diverse and non-Muslim majority population is also diverse in terms of the interaction with Muslims.