The rise of global Islamophobia in the War on Terror : coloniality, race, and Islam / edited by Naved Bakali and Farid Hafez.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bakali, Naved, editor.

Hafez, Farid, editor.

Series:

Postcolonial international studies.

Postcolonial International Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamophobia.

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 pages) : digital file(s).

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2022

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Biography/History:

Naved Bakali is an Assistant Professor of Anti-Racism Education at the University of Windsor. Farid Hafez is an Austrian political scientist and Visiting Professor of International Studies at Williams College and Senior Researcher at Georgetown University's The Bridge Initiative.

Summary:

The so-called 'War on Terror' ushered in a new era of anti-Muslim bias and racism. Anti-Muslim racism, or Islamophobia, is influenced by local economies, power structures, and histories. However, the War on Terror, a conflict undefined by time and place, with a homogenised Muslim 'Other' framed as a perpetual enemy, has contributed towards a global Islamophobic narrative. This edited volume examines the differing manifestations of Islamophobia, as well as resistance and activism combating it across multiple international settings, spanning six continents. The volume maps out categories of Islamophobia across the global North and South.These are the localised histories, conflicts, and contemporary geopolitical realities in the context of the War on Terror which have influenced and textured the ways that Islamophobia has manifested. This ranges from limited instances of racial violence and hate crimes to more pronounced co-dependent relations between interpersonal and institutional racism that have culminated in genocide. This book presents a nuanced appreciation of specific themes that critically engage with the complexity and evolution of Islamophobia in the War on Terror. It provides up-to-date accounts and analysis of Islamophobia across the global North and South and its impact on the political landscape of differing country contexts. Furthermore, this book explores resistance and the need for activism that confronts interpersonal and institutional racism, with the aim of constructing a more coherent understanding of how to challenge Islamophobia.

Contents:

Introduction: understanding Islamophobia across the global North and South in the context of the War on Terror / Naved Bakali and Farid Hafez

Part I: Islamophobia in settler societies

1. The racialised logics of Islamophobia in Canada / Uzma Jamil

2. Islamophobia in Australia: racialising the Muslim subject in public, media and political discourse in the War on Terror era / Derya Iner and Peter McManus

3. The mainstreaming of Islamophobia in US politics / Todd Green

Part II: Islamophobia in former imperial states

4. Islamophobia in the Netherlands: constructing mythologies surrounding reverse colonisation and Islamisation through politics and protest movements / Leyla Yildirim

5. Criminalising Muslim political agency from colonial times to today: the case of Austria / Farid Hafez

6. Islamophobia in the UK: the vicious cycle of institutionalised racism and reinforcing the Muslim 'other' / Tahir Abbas

7. 'French-style' Islamophobia: from historical roots to electioneering exploitation / Francois Burgat

Part III: Islamophobia in formally colonised states from the Global South

8. The framing of Muslims as threatening 'others' in the tri-border region of Brazil-Argentina-Paraguay / Silvia Montenegro

9. Think-tanks and the news media's contribution in the construction of Islamophobia in South Africa / Mohamed Natheem Hendricks

Part IV: Islamophobia at the 'breaking point'

10. India, Islamophobia, and the Hindutva playbook / Farhan Mujahid Chak

11. Islamophobia and anti-Uyghur racism in China / Sean R. Roberts

12. The Rohingya genocide through the prism of War on Terror logic / Naved Bakali.

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ISBN:

1-5261-6176-1

OCLC:

1344163951