The fear of Islam an introduction to Islamophobia in the West
American and European societies, particularly in the long wake of the events of 9/11 and the bombings in Madrid and London, have struggled with the recurrent problem of Islamophobia, which continues to surface in waves of controversial legislative proposals, public anger over the construction of rel...
| Main Author: | Green, Todd H. (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Minneapolis :
Fortress Press,
[2015]
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Table of Contents:
- What is Islamophobia?
- The historical foundations of Islamophobia
- Colonialism, orientalism, and the clash of civilizations
- 9/11, the war on terror, and the rise of political Islamophobia
- The "Islamic threat" in modern Europe
- Professional Islamophobia
- Muslims in the media and at the movies
- Islamophobia and its casualties
- Combating Islamophobia
- Appendix:
- Interviewee profiles.