Anti-Muslim Prejudice

This collection makes a unique contribution to the study of anti-Muslim prejudice by placing the issue in both its past and present context. The essays cover historical and contemporary subjects from the eleventh century to the present day.

This book was published as a special issue of Patterns of Prejudice.

Informationen zum Autor Maleiha Malik isReader in Law at theSchool of Law! King's College! University of London. Zusammenfassung This collection makes a unique contribution to the study of anti-Muslim prejudice by placing the issue in both its past and present context. The essays cover historical and contemporary subjects from the eleventh century to the present day. This book was published as a special issue of Patterns of Prejudice. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Anti-Muslim prejudice in the West, past and present: an introduction Maleiha Malik 2. Britons and Muslims in the early modern period: from prejudice to (a theory of) toleration Nabil Matar 3. Anti-Turkish obsession and the exodus of Balkan Muslims Slobodan Drakulic 4. Can the walls hear? Gil Anidjar 5. The crusade over the bodies of women Sonya Fernandez 6. Muslim headscarves in France and army uniforms in Israel: a comparative study of citizenship as mask Leora Bilsky 7. Revisiting Lepanto: the political mobilization against Islam in contemporary Western Europe Hans-Georg Betz and Susi Meret 8. Refutations of racism in the "Muslim question" Nasar Meer and Tariq Modood 9. "Get shot of the lot of them": election reporting of Muslims in British newspapers John E. Richardson 10. Where do Muslims stand on ethno-racial hierarchies in Britain and France? Evidence from public opinion surveys, 1988-2008 Erik Bleich 11. Confronting Islamophobia in the United States: framing civil rights activism among Middle Eastern Americans Erik Love

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Maleiha Malik isReader in Law at theSchool of Law, King's College, University of London.

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Offers a contribution to the study of anti-Muslim prejudice by placing the issue in both its past and present context. This title includes essays that cover historical and contemporary subjects from the eleventh century onwards.

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1. Anti-Muslim prejudice in the West, past and present: an introduction Maleiha Malik 2. Britons and Muslims in the early modern period: from prejudice to (a theory of) toleration Nabil Matar 3. Anti-Turkish obsession and the exodus of Balkan Muslims Slobodan Drakulic 4. Can the walls hear? Gil Anidjar 5. The crusade over the bodies of women Sonya Fernandez 6. Muslim headscarves in France and army uniforms in Israel: a comparative study of citizenship as mask Leora Bilsky 7. Revisiting Lepanto: the political mobilization against Islam in contemporary Western Europe Hans-Georg Betz and Susi Meret 8. Refutations of racism in the "Muslim question" Nasar Meer and Tariq Modood 9. "Get shot of the lot of them": election reporting of Muslims in British newspapers John E. Richardson 10. Where do Muslims stand on ethno-racial hierarchies in Britain and France? Evidence from public opinion surveys, 1988-2008 Erik Bleich 11. Confronting Islamophobia in the United States: framing civil rights activism among Middle Eastern Americans Erik Love