Global Islamophobia and the Rise of Populism

Sahar F. Aziz is a Distinguished Professor of Law at Rutgers University and the Executive Director of the Center for Security, Race and Rights. She is the recipient of the Derrick A. Bell Award from the American Association of Law Schools, a 2021 Soros Equality Fellow, and author of the groundbreaking book The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes Religious Freedom. John L. Esposito is a Distinguished Professor of Religion and International Affairs and of Islamic Studies at Georgetown University. He is the Founding Director of the Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding and of The Bridge Initiative, a research project that extends education about Islamophobia to the public. Esposito has been a member of the World Economic Forum's Council of 100 Leaders and the E. C. European Network of Experts on De-Radicalisation, a Senior Scientist for The Gallup Center for Muslim Studies, and an ambassador for the UN Alliance of Civilizations. He has also served as a consultant to theU.S. Department of State and other agencies and organizations worldwide.

• Foreword, by Barbara A. Lee1. IntroductionPart 1 Islamophobia in North America: Race, Religion, and Citizenship2. The Price of Recognition: The One Islam and the ManyJoseph Massad3. The Politics of Vulnerability: Today's Threat to American Muslims' Religious Freedom Asma T. Uddin4. Islamophobia and the Rise of Ethnonationalist Populism in the United StatesSaher SelodPart 2 Islamophobia in Europe: Xenophobia, Anti-Semitism and Nationalism5. Post-Colonialism, Post-National-Socialism, German Reunification, and the Rise of the Far-Right: Making Sense of Islamophobia in GermanyFarid Hafez6. Islamophobia: How the Far Right Went Mainstream in BritainMobashra Tazamal7. France's Islamophobic Bloc and the "Mainstreamization" of the Far RightMarwan Mohammed8. Islamophobia Without Muslims? Not Only in Eastern EuropeIvan Kalmar9. Islamophobia in Russia: Ethnicity, Migration, and National SecuritySahar F. Aziz and Sarah Calderone10. Muslim Life in Belgium: In Search of a Vivre EnsembleJohn Farmer and Ava MajlesiPart 3 Islamophobia in Asia: Genocide, Pogroms, and Detention11. Displacing and Disciplining Muslims in India's Burgeoning Hindu Rashtra Audrey Truschke12. Contesting the Spatialization of Islamophobia in Urban IndiaStuti Govil and D. Asher Ghertner13. (Un)Made in China: Uyghur Muslims at the Intersection of Islamophobia and Ethnic CleansingKhaled A. Beydoun14. Islamophobia and Genocide: Myanmar's Rohingya GenocideRonan LeeConclusion: Lessons from South Africa15. Confronting Islamophobia: Defeating Colonial Bigotries, Learning From South AfricaEbrahim RasoolIndex