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Foundations and mechanisms of Islamophobia
in the West Islamophobia as a Form of Radicalisation discusses the scope and fragmented boundaries of Islamophobia as a concept and a sociopolitical reality. The fifteen chapters of this collection cover and connect interdisciplinary research, media content analysis, media discourse analysis, ethnographic research, intersectoral advocacy work, and action research conducted in Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Poland, Portugal, and Spain. Confronted with an Islamophobia that is growing as a symptom of broader societal malaise in the West, a resistance against it is also arising. It is now a question of better understanding the foundations and mechanisms of this metasolidarity and resistance. Islamophobia as a Form of Radicalisation offers recommendations for urgent consideration by Muslim citizens of Canada and Europe, media professionals, civil society and academic stakeholders, policymakers at the municipal, provincial and federal levels. Islamophobia as a Form of Radicalisation discusses the scope and fragmented boundaries of Islamophobia as a concept and a sociopolitical reality. The fifteen chapters of this collection cover and connect interdisciplinary research, media content analysis, media discourse analysis, ethnographic research, intersectoral advocacy work, and action research conducted in Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Poland, Portugal, and Spain. Confronted with an Islamophobia that is growing as a symptom of broader societal malaise in the West, a resistance against it is also arising. It is now a question of better understanding the foundations and mechanisms of this metasolidarity and resistance. Islamophobia as a Form of Radicalisation offers recommendations for urgent consideration by Muslim citizens of Canada and Europe, media professionals, civil society and academic stakeholders, policymakers at the municipal, provincial and federal levels. PART I KEY CONCEPTS
1 Islamophobia as a Form of Violent Radicalisation
Abdelwahed Mekki-Berrada & Leen d’Haenens
2 The Mutual Antagonism between Sharia for Europe and Anti-Islam Far-Right Networks
Erkan Toguslu & Leen d’Haenens
PART II CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL DISCOURSES ON ISLAMOPHOBIA
3 Building Blocks of Polish Islamophobia: The Case of Polish Youth
Katarzyna Górak-Sosnowska & Joanna Sozańska
4 The Political and Intellectual Discourse on Islam and Muslims in Flanders
Alexander Van Leuven, Stefan Mertens, Leen d’Haenens & Abdelwahed Mekki-Berrada
5 Islamophobia in Germany, Still a Debate?
Luis Manuel Hernández Aguilar
PART III MEDIA PRACTICES
6 Islamophobia in the Media in the Province of Québec, Canada : A Corpus-Assisted Critical Discourse Analysis
Vivek Venkatesh, Abdelwahed Mekki-Berrada, Jihène Hichri, Rawda Harb & Ashley Montgomery
7 The Veil in France: Twenty Years of Media Coverage (1989–2010)
Camila Arêas & Abdelwahed Mekki-Berrada
8 From Pen to Perception: Does News Reporting Advance Terrorists’ Agendas?
Stefan Mertens, David De Coninck & Leen d’Haenens
9 Islamophobia in the Portuguese Opinion Press
Camila Arêas, Alfredo Brant, Ana Flora Machado, Colin Robineau, Helena Cruz Ventura & Abdelwahed Mekki-Berrada
10 Islamophobia and Far-Right Parties in Spain: The ‘Vox’ Discourse on Twitter
Alfonso Corral, Cayetano Fernández & Antonio Prieto-Andrés
PART IV RESPONDING TO ISLAMOPHOBIA, EXTREMISM AND RADICALISATION
11 Coping with Islamophobia: (Social) Media, a Double-Edged Sword
Ans De Nolf, Leen d’Haenens & Abdelwahed Mekki-Berrada
12 Safe Spaces and Sensitive Issues : Towards an Emic Understanding of Radicalisation
Alexander Van Leuven & Ann Trappers
13 ‘Wait, What?! Islamophobia Exists in Newfoundland and Labrador?’ : Theorising Polite Dismissal of Anti-Islamophobia Public Engagement
Sobia Shaheen Shaikh & Jennifer A. Selby
14 Muslim Communities and the Covid-19 Pandemic : The Complex Faces of Protection
Salam El-Majzoub, Anabelle Vanier-Clément & Cécile Rousseau
15 From Media and Pseudo-Scholarly Islamophobia in Post 9/11 Moral Panic to ‘Meta-Solidarity’
Abdelwahed Mekki-Berrada & Leen d’Haenens
Notes on Contributors