We are all Moors : ending centuries of crusades against Muslims and other minorities / Anouar Majid.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Majid, Anouar, 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity and other religions--Islam--History.

Christianity and other religions.

Christianity and other religions--Judaism--History.

Islam--Relations--Christianity.

Islam.

Judaism--Relations--Christianity.

Judaism.

Muslims--America--History.

Muslims.

Jews--Islamic countries--History.

Jews.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (245 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1609 King Philip III ordered the expulsion of all Moriscos-Spaniards of Muslim descent-from Spain in an ongoing attempt to establish a homogeneous state and remove the last vestiges of Islam from his nation. Four centuries later, Spain and Europe are once again outraged by the presence of Islam within their borders, and, for many, the millions of Muslim immigrants now living there pose a fundamental challenge to European identity. Across the Atlantic Ocean, the vast Hispanic community in the United States, both legal and illegal, has raised similar fears. Exacerbated by globalization and 9/

Contents:

Introduction: specters of the Moor

Pious cruelty

New world Moors

Muslim Jews

Undesirable aliens: Hispanics in America, Muslims in Europe

Conclusion: we are all Moors.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-202) and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-6812-4

OCLC:

517274611