Description Contemporary Anti-Muslim Politics provides a succinct but potent critique of the policies of Western nations toward Muslims, particularly the aggressive foreign policies of the United States and the exclusionary domestic policies of Europe.
Long is professor of history and political science at the University of Saint Joseph..
About the Author Kenneth J.
The gridlock brought by pluralism and constitutionalism, both in Europe and the United States, serves few people well, but it has locked Muslims into an especially abusive status quo.
Anti-Muslim Politics in Western nations takes many forms beyond war and exclusion, including racialization, stereotyping, sacrilegious cultural assaults, mass media scapegoating, and even tolerance, which implies something unpalatable in need of toleration.
Their tactics exacerbate negative stereotyping of Muslims generally and Western military strategies cause many Muslims to pursue survivalist Politics that enable and strengthen such groups.
The actions of groups such as the Islamic State and Boko Haram are reactions to this history.
For decades, policies that rely on war, exclusion, and ghettoization have triggered conflict escalation.
These policies have already claimed millions of Muslim lives.
Description Contemporary Anti-Muslim Politics provides a succinct but potent critique of the policies of Western nations toward Muslims, particularly the aggressive foreign policies of the United States and the exclusionary domestic policies of Europe
