A Study On Social Inclusion Of Floating Muslims

In the background of constructing harmonious and humanist society, the matter of social inclusion of the floating population has received more and more attention from the government and the society as a whole. Due to its unique triple identity of floating population,ethnic minorities and Muslims, the floating Muslim as a part of the floating population will be subject to cultural and religious influences in the process of entering the city, in addition to facing the institutions and urban-rural differences problems. So the process of its social inclusion is more complex and difficult than the general floating population. Making deeply study on the social inclusion of the floating Muslims, is conducive not only to urban-rural and regional co-ordination, but also to national unity, religious harmony and social harmony.This problem of this study exploring is the social inclusion of floating Muslims in Nanjing. On the development of Islam in China, Nanjing has long been a central region. In recent years, Nanjing is one of the relatively concentrated areas of the floating Muslim, because of its excellent human geography and economic environment. This paper chooses Nanjing as the investigation site to study the situation of social inclusion of floating Muslims in four dimensions:economic, social, cultural and psychological and analyze the influencing factors on institutional and individual level, with the method of interview, observation and documentary research. This study found the floating Muslims separate from Nanjing locals in profession, living space, social intercourse, culture, and psychology etc. They live in Nanjing, but their heart does not belong to there. The situation of social inclusion embodies in the four aspects:economic life in lamian restaurant, social interaction in Jamaat, cultural life of Islam, psychological feelings of foreigners. The process of social inclusion of the floating Muslims is influenced with factors of the system and individual level. From the institutional perspective, the floating Muslims who don’t have a residence registration are bound by the household registration system,the education system and the social security system on the top of the household registration system. From a personal perspective, the lack of new social capital and human capital, religious restrictions make the social inclusion of the floating Muslims to be affected. Finally, in allusion to the problem in the process of social inclusion, the study put forward social policy and social work services suggestions.