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Book SynopsisRelations between Muslims and non-Muslims have received unprecedented attention since 9/11. In many predominantly non-Muslim countries intense debates have focused on international relations with Muslim-majority states, but dilemmas of national policy and practice in incorporating domestic Muslim minorities have also provoked heated argument. Meanwhile, within predominantly Muslim societies, and within Muslim diasporas, relationships with non-Muslims have posed pressing questions about compatibility, antagonism or adaptation of beliefs, identities and customs. The essays forming this multidisciplinary collection analyse concerns arising from clashing perceptions of Muslims in the political and cultural spheres: the majority of chapters deal with non-Muslim representations of Muslims, but several chapters reverse the perspective by examining Muslims’ own understandings of their relationships with non-Muslim societies. Contributors include: Ahmed K. al-Rawi, Ebru Ş. Canan-Sokullu, Tereza Capelos, Gaetan Clavien, Danila Genovese, Matteo Gianni, Signe Kjær Jørgensen, Priyasha Kaul, Chloe Patton, Timothy Peace, Mirjam Shatanawi, Dunya van Troost, and John Turner.
Table of ContentsList of Contributors Introduction Uncovering an Islamic Paradigm of International Relations - John Turner Representation and Self-Representation of Radical Islamism in the UK: Through the Mirroring Lens of the Political Self - Danila Genovese Why Wear a Headscarf in Parliament? Danish Secularist, Nationalist and Feminist Ideas about Muslims - Signe Kjær Jørgensen “People Think Our Lives Are Dark.” Diasporic Resistance to the Metaphoric Darkening of Female Islamic Identity - Chloe Patton Reason, Passion, and Islam: The Impact of Emotionality and Values on Political Tolerance - Tereza Capelos & Dunya Van Troost Islamophobia and Turcoscepticism in Europe? A Four Nation Study - Ebru Ş. Canan-Sokullu Representing Gender, Defining Muslims? Gender and Figures of Otherness in Public Discourse in Switzerland - Matteo Gianni & Gaetan Clavien The French Anti-Racist Movement and the ‘Muslim Question’ - Timothy Peace Foreign Policy and its Impact on Arab Stereotypes in English-Language Popular Fiction of the 1970s-80s - Ahmed K. al-Rawi Exploring Anwar: Religion, Identity and Nationalism - Priyasha Kaul Curating against Dissent: Museums and the Public Debate on Islam - Mirjam Shatanawi References
