Praise for Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire; Contents; Section 1 -- History and Context; Introduction; Chapter 1 -- Images of Islam in Europe; Chapter 2 -- Colonialism and Orientalism; Chapter 3 -- The Persistence of Orientalist Myths; Section 2 -- Political Islam and US Policy; Chapter 4 -- Allies and Enemies: The United States and Political Islam; Chapter 5 -- The Separation of Mosque and State; Chapter 6 -- Political Islam: A Historical Analysis; Chapter 7 -- The Foreign Policy Establishment and the "Islamic Threat"; Section 3 -- Islamophobia and Domestic Politics
Chapter 8 -- Legalizing Racism: Muslims and the Attack on Civil LibertiesChapter 9 -- Green Scare: The Making of the Domestic Muslim Enemy; Chapter 10 -- Islamophobia and the New McCarthyism; Conclusion: Fighting Islamophobia; List of Acronyms; Notes; Index; About the Author
Summary
Islamophobia examines the origins of the ongoing assault on Muslims and Arabs in the U.S., and the "war on terror."
