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Tag: Islamophobia

On the situation in Germany in the wake of October 7.

Peter E. Gordon

The recent electoral success of a party with Nazi origins must be understood as part of the long history of white Swedes’ desire for racial homogeneity.

Tobias Hübinette

Far from a metaphysical battle between fanaticism and tolerance, the Rushdie affair exemplifies the marketization of hurt sentiments.

Faisal Devji

The lawless—and ongoing—administration of the prison underwrites the broader democratic crisis we face today.

Baher Azmy

Drone attacks and U.S. involvement in Pakistan.

Madiha Tahir
Food is becoming a target for anti-Islam politics.
John R. Bowen

A proposed French bill says so. But, strictly speaking, there can be no such thing as blasphemy within the terms of secular public order.

Nadia Marzouki, Elizabeth Shakman Hurd

Counterterrorism largely ensnares people of color.

Atiya Husain

We need a more just conception of citizenship—one that abolishes the distinction between “natural” and naturalized citizens.

Stephanie DeGooyer

Under the guise of fighting hate speech, the ADL has a long history of wielding its moral authority to attack Arabs, blacks, and queers.

Emmaia Gelman

Forum

For too long we have acquiesced to Islamophobic government policies. The cost of our silence is now clear.

Jeanne Theoharis, Amna A. Akbar
Calling the nations subjected to the ban Muslim is sloppy, misguided, and dangerous.
Elizabeth Shakman Hurd

Islamophobia is a shared project of the Democrat and Republican parties, long preceding the rise of white nationalism and Trump.

John R. Bowen, Aziz Rana

Forum

France's own political traditions can accommodate visible Islam and heal social divisions.

John Bowen

Anti-Arab and anti-Muslim sentiment has cost the United States and the West a number of business opportunities.

Massoud Hayoun

Exaggerated fears about Muslims misread history and misunderstand multiculturalism’s aims.

John R. Bowen

Western dominance, Islamist terror, and the Arab imagination.

Sadiq J. Al-Azm

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