ABSTRACT
In Chapter 4, ethno-racial grievances were defined as grievances including, on a more local level, discrimination and hatred based on ethnic, religious or racial factors, securitisation, ‘suspectification’, misrecognition, exclusion and ‘Othering’. Regarding globally-oriented grievances of this type, the analytical framework includes perceptions of systematic targeting of a collective characterised by race, ethnicity or religion. Ethno-racial grievances can be found in the narratives across the three contexts. In their engagement for causes related to the Arab World, interviewees evoke various forms of ethnic, racial, religious or cultural grievances. They include sectarian hatred, a feeling of collective victimhood (Madhloumiya), and associations between Islam and terrorism. These forms of alienation can create new forms of solidarity. Links between ethno-racial grievances and violence are discussed.
