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American Islamophobia - Understanding the Roots and Rise of Fear (Paperback)
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American Islamophobia - Understanding the Roots and Rise of Fear (Paperback)
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On Forbes list of "10 Books To Help You Foster A More Diverse And
Inclusive Workplace" How law, policy, and official state rhetoric
have fueled the resurgence of Islamophobia-with a call to action on
how to combat it. "I remember the four words that repeatedly
scrolled across my mind after the first plane crashed into the
World Trade Center in New York City. 'Please don't be Muslims,
please don't be Muslims.' The four words I whispered to myself on
9/11 reverberated through the mind of every Muslim American that
day and every day after.... Our fear, and the collective breath or
brace for the hateful backlash that ensued, symbolize the
existential tightrope that defines Muslim American identity today."
The term "Islamophobia" may be fairly new, but irrational fear and
hatred of Islam and Muslims is anything but. Though many speak of
Islamophobia's roots in racism, have we considered how anti-Muslim
rhetoric is rooted in our legal system? Using his unique lens as a
critical race theorist and law professor, Khaled A. Beydoun
captures the many ways in which law, policy, and official state
rhetoric have fueled the frightening resurgence of Islamophobia in
the United States. Beydoun charts its long and terrible history,
from the plight of enslaved African Muslims in the antebellum South
and the laws prohibiting Muslim immigrants from becoming citizens
to the ways the war on terror assigns blame for any terrorist act
to Islam and the myriad trials Muslim Americans face in the Trump
era. He passionately argues that by failing to frame Islamophobia
as a system of bigotry endorsed and emboldened by law and carried
out by government actors, U.S. society ignores the injury it
inflicts on both Muslims and non-Muslims. Through the stories of
Muslim Americans who have experienced Islamophobia across various
racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic lines, Beydoun shares how U.S.
laws shatter lives, whether directly or inadvertently. And with an
eye toward benefiting society as a whole, he recommends ways for
Muslim Americans and their allies to build coalitions with other
groups. Like no book before it, American Islamophobia offers a
robust and genuine portrait of Muslim America then and now.
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