While the themes of radicalization and Islamophobia have been broadly addressed by academia, to date there has been little investigation of the crosspollination between the two. Is Islamophobia a significant catalyst or influence on radicalization and recruitment? How do radicalization and Islamophobia interact, operate, feed one another, and ultimately pull societies toward polar extremes in domestic and foreign policy? The wide-ranging and global contributions collected here explore these questions through perspectives grounded in sociology, political theory, psychology, and religion. The volume provides an urgently needed and timely examination of the root causes of both radicalization and Islamophobia; the cultural construction and consumption of radical and Islamophobic discourses; the local and global contexts that fertilize these extreme stances; and, finally, the everyday Muslim in the shadow of these opposing but equally vociferous forces.
Author(s): John L. Esposito
Year: 2018
Language: English
Pages: 291
Front Matter ....Pages i-xvii
Introduction: Relationships Between Islamophobia and Radicalization (Derya Iner)....Pages 1-11
Front Matter ....Pages 13-13
Islamophobia and Radicalization: Roots, Impact and Implications (John L. Esposito)....Pages 15-33
Reacting to Islam: Islamophobia as a Form of Extremism (G. Douglas Pratt)....Pages 35-53
Marocanization of Dutch Islamophobia and Radicalization of Dutch Moroccans (Sam Cherribi)....Pages 55-69
Front Matter ....Pages 71-71
Interweaving Islamophobia with Radicalism: Feeding the Radicals with the Anti-Halal Debate (Derya Iner)....Pages 73-95
Can Islamophobia in the Media Serve Islamic State Propaganda? The Australian Case, 2014–2015 (Nahid Afrose Kabir)....Pages 97-116
Muslim Civil Society Under Attack: The European Foundation for Democracy’s Role in Defaming and Delegitimizing Muslim Civil Society (Farid Hafez)....Pages 117-137
Islamophobia in Al-Qa’ida’s and IS’ English-Language Magazines (Julian Droogan, Shane Peattie)....Pages 139-158
Front Matter ....Pages 159-159
Deepening Divides? Implementing Britain’s Prevent Counterterrorism Program (Paul Thomas)....Pages 161-178
How Counterterrorism Radicalizes: Exploring the Nexus Between Counterterrorism and Radicalization (Haroro J. Ingram)....Pages 179-202
When the ‘Right Thing to Do’ Feels So Wrong: Australian Muslim Perspectives on ‘Intimates’ Reporting to Authorities About Violent Extremism (Michele Grossman)....Pages 203-222
Front Matter ....Pages 223-223
Men on a Mission: Engaging with Islamophobia and Radicalization in Australia 1863–1957 (Katy Nebhan)....Pages 225-244
Islamophobia and Stigmatising Discourses: A Driving Force for Muslim Active Citizenship? (Mario Peucker)....Pages 245-264
Tackling the Twin Threats of Islamophobia and Puritanical Islamist Extremism: Case Study of the Hizmet Movement (Ozcan Keles, Ismail Mesut Sezgin, Ihsan Yilmaz)....Pages 265-283
Back Matter ....Pages 285-288
