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Book SynopsisSystemic Islamophobia in Canada presents critical perspectives on systemic Islamophobia in Canadian politics, law, and society, and maps areas for future research and inquiry. The authors consist of both scholars and professionals who encounter in the ordinary course of their work the sometimes banal, sometimes surprising operation of systemic Islamophobia. Centring the lived realities of Muslims primarily in Canada, but internationally as well, the contributors identify the limits of democratic accountability in the operation of our shared institutions of government.
Intended as a guide, the volume identifies important points of consideration that have systemic implications for whether, how, and under what conditions Islamophobia is enabled and perpetuated, and in some cases even rendered respectable policy or bureaucratic practice in Canada. Ultimately, Systemic Islamophobia in Canada identifies a range of systemically Islamophobic sites in C
Table of Contents
Author Biographies Acknowledgments Introduction Anver M. Emon Islamophobia in Canada: Representation and Perspective 1. Centring the Black Muslimah: Interrogating Gendered, Anti-Black Islamophobia Rabiat Akande 2. The Impact of Systemic Islamophobia on Sexually Diverse and Gender Diverse Muslims in Canada Sarah Shah and Maryam Khan 3. Transnational Disinformation Networks and Islamophobic International Charities in Canada John Smith 4. Fragmented Bodies “Dancing on the Spot”: The Transnational Lives of Canadian Muslims and the Limits of Contemporary Anti-Islamophobia Advocacy Wafaa Hasan and Zarah Khan 5. Fighting Antisemitism by Propagating Islamophobia: The Palestine Trope Faisal Bhabha 6. Contesting Islamophobia, Reimagining Muslims: Shifting Representations and Narratives of Muslims in News Media Zeinab Farokhi and Yasmin Jiwani Education, Memory, and Belonging 7. Islamophobia and Imperial Amnesia Syed Adnan Hussain 8. Public to Private Schooling: A Research Agenda Melanie Adrian 9. Countering Islamophobia in Higher Education: A Critical Pedagogy Perspective Sheliza Ibrahim 10. Archives as Tools to Combat Islamophobia Moska Rokay Democracy, (In)Equality, and Exclusion 11. How Low Can We Go? Combating Systemic Islamophobia with the Unwritten Constitutional Principle of Respect for Minorities Natasha Bakht 12. Moving Muslim Money Anver M. Emon Policing and the Law 13. The Need to Better Understand the Over-Policing and Under-Protection of Muslims Kent Roach 14. Counter-Radicalization, Islamophobia, and the Impact on Muslim Civil Society Organizations Fahad Ahmad 15. Immigration and Systemic Islamophobia Naseem Mithoowani 16. The Motive Requirement in Canada’s Definition of Terrorist Activity: Heuristics and Movements as Surrogates for Definitional Certainty Michael Nesbitt 17. Guilt by Association: The Shaky Foundations of Canada-US Intelligence Sharing and Its Consequences for Muslim Canadians’ Mobility Youcef L. Soufi Contributors
