ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on young people's attitudes towards religious diversity in selected European countries. It also discusses the impact of direct and indirect contact with members of different religions and attitudes towards them. The chapter focuses on views of Muslims, as views of Islam and Muslims are particularly negative in comparison with other religions and their members. It discusses general attitudes towards religious diversity in the population of the five selected countries and details regarding tolerance in relation to religious practices and members of non-Christian religions. The quantitative analysis is based on data from the survey the legitimacy of religious pluralism: Perception and Acceptance of Religious Diversity (PARD) among the European Population'. The pluralism of lifestyles, the different education systems in each of the surveyed countries and individual levels of maturation make it difficult to categorize youth. The chapter analyses the factors which have an impact on attitudes towards Muslims in Western and Eastern Germany.
