Having explored the (self-) perception - in terms of sameness and otherness - and the effect of image, stereotyping and discrimination on the formation of the ethno-religious identity of the Muslim Arab community in Buenos Aires, this thesis provides answers as to how ethnicity and religion define the identity of the Muslim Arab community in Buenos Aires. In focusing on religion, this thesis has documented the connection between religion and ethnic identity. More specifically I have sought to answer the central question guiding my research: How has discrimination shaped the collective ethno-religious identity of the Muslim Arab community in Buenos Aires, after the 1990’s?Discrimination is not so much evident on a large scale within Argentine society or in the daily lives of members from the Muslim Arab community or social networks. Nowadays, strong discrimination is rather suffered by the marginalized poor in this country as class and socio-economic status prove to be the major motivations for discrimination instead of religious affiliation (Jozami 1996a&b). A majority of the Muslim Arab community currently belong to the middle class or...

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