ABSTRACT

Islamophobic hate crimes have increased significantly following the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and 7/7. More recently, the rhetoric surrounding Trump’s election and presidency, Brexit, the rise of far-right groups and ISIS-inspired terrorist attacks worldwide have promoted a climate where Islamophobia and anti-Muslim sentiments have become ‘legitimised’.

The Routledge International Handbook of Islamophobia provides a comprehensive single-volume collection of key readings in Islamophobia. Consisting of 32 chapters accessibly written by scholars, policy makers and practitioners, it seeks to examine the nature, extent, implications of, and responses to Islamophobic hate crime both nationally and internationally.

This volume will appeal to undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as postdoctoral researchers interested in fields such as Criminology, Victimology, Sociology, Social Policy, Religious Studies, Law and related Social Sciences subjects. It will also appeal to scholars, policy makers and practitioners working in and around the areas of Islamophobic hate crimes.

chapter |7 pages

Introduction

part I|88 pages

Conceptualising Islamophobia

chapter 4|16 pages

A multidimensional model of understanding Islamophobia

A comparative practical analysis of the US, Canada, UK and France

chapter 5|13 pages

Mapping and mainstreaming Islamophobia

Between the illiberal and liberal

chapter 6|13 pages

The psychology of hate crime offenders who target Muslims

Who could be a hate crime offender?

chapter 7|13 pages

‘Your pain is my pain’

Examining the community impacts of Islamophobic hate crimes

part II|140 pages

Patterns of Islamophobia through a European lens

chapter 8|11 pages

A historical perspective

Secularism, ‘white backlash’ and Islamophobia in France

chapter 11|12 pages

Islamophobia in Ireland

Challenges from below?

chapter 14|13 pages

Islamophobia and the Muslim student

Disciplining the intellect

chapter 16|14 pages

Islamophobia in Greece

The ‘Muslim threat’ and the panic about Islam

part III|73 pages

Patterns of Islamophobia through a global lens

chapter 20|11 pages

Muslim American youth and post-9/11 Islamophobia

Interfaith activism and the limits of religious multiculturalism

chapter 21|12 pages

Diasporas and dystopias on the beach

Burkini wars in France and Australia

chapter 22|11 pages

Breaking the peace

The Quebec City terrorist attack

part IV|97 pages

Responding to Islamophobia

chapter 25|12 pages

Micro-level management of Islamophobia

Negotiation, deflection and resistance

chapter 26|15 pages

Race, racism, Islamophobia in the media

Journalists’ perceptions and Muslim responses

chapter 27|12 pages

Flying while Muslim

Should we be concerned about Islamophobia at the airport?

chapter 28|11 pages

Far-right Islamophobia

From ideology to ‘mainstreamed’ hate crimes

chapter 29|11 pages

Islamophobia and the radical right in Europe

Nostalgia or alternative utopia?

chapter 32|11 pages

Governmental responses to Islamophobia in the UK

A two-decade retrospective