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Global Islamophobia and the Rise of Populism

Global Islamophobia and the Rise of Populism

Author: Sahar F. Aziz; John L. Esposito
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780197649008
Published In: September 2024
Format: Paperback
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In recent years, Islamophobia has seen a disturbing global rise. Blaming Muslim minorities for economic, political, and social problems is an increasingly common rhetorical strategy for politicians in countries worldwide. A narrative of the "threatening Muslim invader" is troublingly prevalent, regardless of whether the targets of such rhetoric are born citizens or new arrivals.

Its consequences are deadly and devastating for Uyghurs in China-indefinitely detained in concentration camps-Indian Muslims attacked in pogroms, and the Rohingya victims of genocide. In parts of Europe and North America, the consequences of Islamophobia are less overtly violent but no less harmful: Muslims are banned from wearing hijab, building minarets, opening Islamic schools, or legally immigrating to certain countries. In the United States, Europe, and India, Islamophobic rhetoric is increasingly normalized, fracturing ethnically diverse societies as xenophobic right-wing political ideals accumulate followers at an alarming pace. In turn, Islamophobia in the West gives license to discrimination elsewhere, creating a vicious cycle of Islamophobia.

Global Islamophobia and the Rise of Populism is the first book to systemically examine the complex factors contributing to the rise in Islamophobia and right-wing populism across three continents-North America, Europe and Asia. Internationally renowned scholars offer insightful and empirically grounded analysis linking local contexts with global trends. This groundbreaking book is an essential contribution to discourse on immigration, racism, xenophobia, and human rights.

Foreword, by Barbara A. Lee

1. Introduction

Part 1 - Islamophobia in North America: Race, Religion, and Citizenship

2. The Price of Recognition: The One Islam and the Many

Joseph Massad

3. The Politics of Vulnerability: Today's Threat to American Muslims' Religious Freedom

Asma T. Uddin

4. Islamophobia and the Rise of Ethnonationalist Populism in the United States

Saher Selod

Part 2 - Islamophobia in Europe: Xenophobia, Anti-Semitism and Nationalism

5. Post-Colonialism, Post-National-Socialism, German Reunification, and the Rise of the Far-Right: Making Sense of Islamophobia in Germany

Farid Hafez