It first elaborates on cross-national differences of religious accommodation 1) in terms of content, i.e. which claims for religious accommodation are met, and 2) in terms of form, i.e. how accommodation is administratively or legally regulated. Possible explanations for observed cross-national differences are searched on the national level, in particular in state-religion relationship and administrative traditions.
Second, instead of focusing on each case of accommodation in its specific national context, I ask whether across national borders some types of religious accommodation pose fewer problems of accommodation (e.g. days off for religious holidays versus dietary restrictions). Focus here will be on institution-specific opportunity structures for the accommodation of Islam in the military. Next to existing classifications of claims for religious accommodation according to their political, ethical or ideological demandingness the heuristic potential of the notion of organizational demandingness of religious accommodation will be explored. The conclusion discusses whether cross-national differences in terms of form and content of religious accommodation can be brought into an order of organizational demandingness that can be explained with the help of national macro factors.
