I just wanted to share one of the best articles I’ve read recently, called “On the West’s Moral Panic Over Multiculturalism” by Gary Younge. For certain groups the price for belonging and conditions for banishment have shifted dramatically in Western nations, particularly but by no means exclusively in Europe, in recent years. Citizenship is no [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Islamophobia’
West & Multiculturalism
Posted in Europe, Global, Identity, Islam, Islamophobia, Modernity, Others, Politics, Power, Racism, West, tagged Europe, Islamophobia, Multiculturalism, Others on July 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Geert Wilders
Posted in Europe, Islam, Islamophobia, Neo-colonialism, Netherlands, Others, West, tagged Islamophobia, Netherlands, Wilders on June 23, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Geert Wilders, a Dutch politician, was recently taken to court for hate speech against Muslims. Today he was acquitted. Wilders is head of the PVV, the Dutch Freedom Party, which is currently the third most popular party in the Netherlands. Wilders is famous for his controversial statements about Islam, such as: “Islam is not a [...]
The Islamophobia Industry
Posted in America, Islamophobia, Neo-colonialism, Others, tagged America, Islamophobia on June 10, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Just came across an amazing blog called “muslimerican” and found this great post on the Islamophobia Industry in the US: It would be hard for anyone to ignore the growing anti-Muslim sentiment in the United States. (If you hadn’t noticed it, this horrifying video will bring you up to speed.) The transition seemed to begin [...]
The F-word…again
Posted in Feminism, Gender, Intersectionality, Islamophobia, Neo-colonialism, Racism, Sexism, tagged Feminism, Intersectionality, Islamophobia, racism on May 19, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Jehanzeb at Muslim Reverie has just written another brilliant blog post. (I seriously want to marry this guy; if you’re reading this, yes it’s an official proposal ) I see all of these reactions as dismissing a disturbing reality about racial hierarchy, white “privilege” and power, interlocking oppression, power relations between the West and Muslim-majority [...]
Athens
Posted in Europe, Islamophobia, Racism, tagged Athens, Greece, Islamophobia, racism on May 18, 2011 | 20 Comments »
I just got back from a study trip to Athens, Greece, and it was definitely an interesting experience. Although my specialization is gender, the trip ended up being more about migration and race-relations in Greece. Before we went there, we had no idea that Greece is having a huge immigration problem. Some things we found [...]
Islam in the Economist
Posted in Global, Islam, Islamophobia, Media, Neo-colonialism, tagged Economist, Islam, Islamophobia, media on April 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I’m currently doing a media analysis class, and I think it is one of the most stimulating classes I’ve ever taken. It’s amazing how many types of analyses you can do on different types of media, and how many biases you can find. One technique is to go word by word through an article to [...]
Islamophobia in Europe
Posted in Europe, Islam, Islamophobia, Neo-colonialism, Racism, tagged Europe, Islam, Islamophobia, racism on April 8, 2011 | 1 Comment »
There is little doubt that Islamopobia is rife in Europe, a continent that only 60 years ago was host to the worst genocide in human history, shocking in both scale and execution. Today, one by one European countries are electing far-right parties into parliament and presidential office, and Muslims and other non-white Europeans are finding [...]
