ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book describes the overview of Islam, Islamophobia, gender and education indicates, there is much alignment and resonance between these two contexts in relation to these matters. It examines some of the contentions and problematics involved in the school's attempts to pursue the significant aim associated, in particular, with their efforts to counter Islamophobia. Representations of gender as they relate to Islam, especially in the media, have been particularly potent in mirroring and amplifying the Islamophobia within foreign and national security and immigration policy in England and Australia. The book reflects the increasingly visible presence of Muslim women in the public sphere who are articulate in their responses to Islamophobia and gendered Islamophobia and who take up the role as 'healer' and bridge-builder' amid such phobias.
