Books on aspects of Islamophobia have been proliferating in the past decade but so are the instances of this phenomenon worldwide. The diverse aspects of the issue; the complicated sociopolitical nature of concerns in this regard; and the increasing number of geographical settings where the issue is relevant, cause numerous problems and questions that remain far from exhausted even in the case of multiple treatments of similar topics and contexts. Therefore, faces and facets of Islamophobia in different countries around the world need to be extensively explored, and awareness should be raised on the part of Muslim communities, Western populations, and non-Western non-Muslims. Chapters of this volume, written by authorities on Islamophobia from around the world, examine various instances of the topic and explore different discursive contexts such as media coverage and manipulation; political debates and discourses; and general attitudes and attitude-building in the public sphere. The book aims to further extend and expand discussions on the issue and to highlight some hitherto less discussed concerns.
Chapter One Introduction: Islamophobia as a Global Concern beyond Muslim communities Seyyed-Abdolhamid Mirhosseini, Alzahra University, Iran Hossein Rouzbeh, Center for International Scientific Studies and Collaboration, Iran Chapter Two Fear under Construction: Islamophobia within American Christian Zionism Steven Fink, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, USA Chapter Three Implicit Islamophobia? Behind the `Muscular Liberalism' of the British Prime Minister Brian Klug, University of Oxford, UK Chapter Four Islamophobic Populism in Austria: Discourse Strategies of a Far Right politician Farid Hafez, University of Klagenfurt, Austria Chapter Five From Suspect to Suspecting: Muslim Communities in Ireland and the Irish Gaze James Carr, University of Limerick, Ireland Chapter Six Islamophobia and Australia's Asylum Seeker Debate Halim Rane, Griffith University, Australia Nora Amath, Griffith University, Australia Chapter Seven Intersection of Sexism and Islamophobia: Media Constructions of "Muslim Woman" Laura Navarro, Universite Paris 8, France Chapter Eight Whose Jihad? Re-conceptualizing Islam and Citizenship to Face Islamophobia Stephane Lathion, Geneva University, Switzerland Chapter Nine Understanding Islam and Islamophobia Today Nazeem Goolam, Rhodes University, South Africa
