Description
Book SynopsisThe New Crusadesis an intersectional milestone. It lucidly illustrates how converging systems of subordination, power, and violence related to Islamophobia are experienced across the globe.Kimberlé Crenshaw, from the forewordA profound wake-up call.-Publishers Weekly Insightful and disturbing.-Library JournalThe first book to examine global Islamophobia from a legal and ground-up perspective,from renowned public intellectual Khaled A. Beydoun. Islamophobia has spiraled into a global menace, and democratic and authoritarian regimes alike have deployed it as a strategy to persecute their Muslim populations. With this book, Khaled A. Beydoun details how the American War on Terror has facilitated and intensified the network of anti-Muslim campaigns unfolding across the world.The New Crusades is the first book of its kind, offering a critical and intimate examination of global Islamophobia and its manifestations in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and regions beyond and in between. Thr
Trade Review"Those interested in Islam, religious persecution, or the relationship between religion and politics will find this insightful and disturbing." * Library Journal *
"Sweeping yet intimately detailed, this is a profound wake-up call." * Publishers Weekly *
"Enables the reader to learn how Islamophobia manifests across different contexts around the world." * Ethnic and Racial Studies *
Table of ContentsContents
Foreword by Kimberlé Crenshaw
Introduction: Two Tuesdays
1. Forever Turned Around
2. War and Terror
3. Blood and Soil
4. Internment and Exile
5. Pandemic and Plague
6. Monsters and Martyrs
7. Ablution and Abolition
Conclusion: Killing an Arab
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliographic Essay
Index
