Islamophobia : the challenge of pluralism in the 21st century / edited by John L. Esposito and Ibrahim Kalin.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / John L. Esposito -- The context of islamophobia: Islamophobia and the limits of multiculturalism / Ibrahim Kalin -- Islamophobia in the West: a comparison between Europe and the United States / Jocelyne Cesari -- Case studies: An obsession renewed: Islamophobia in the Netherlands, Austria, and Germany / Sam Cherribi -- Islamophobia in the United Kingdom: historical and contemporary political and media discourses in the framing of a 21st-century anti-Muslim racism / Tahir Abbas -- Islamophobia and anti-Americanism: measurements, dynamics, and consequences / Mohamed Nimer -- Muslims, Islam(s), race and American Islamophobia / Sherman A. Jackson -- Manifestations: Islamophobia and the War on Terror: youth, citizenship, and dissent / Sunaina Maira -- Islamophobia and American foreign policy rhetoric: the Bush years and after / Juan Cole -- Islamophobic discourse masquerading as art and literature: combating myth through progressive education / Anas Al-Shaikh-Ali -- Orientalist themes in contemporary British Islamophobia / Kate Zebiri -- From Muhammad to Obama: caricatures, cartoons, and stereotypes of Muslims / Peter Gottschalk and Gabriel Greenberg.

Islamophobia has been on the rise since September 11, as seen in countless cases of discrimination, racism, hate speeches, physical attacks, and anti-Muslim campaigns. The 2006 Danish cartoon crisis and the controversy surrounding Pope Benedict XVI's Regensburg speech have underscored the urgency of such issues as image-making, multiculturalism, freedom of expression, respect for religious symbols, and interfaith relations. The 1997 Runnymede Report defines Islamophobia as "dread, hatred, and hostility towards Islam and Muslims perpetuated by a series of closed views that imply and attribute negative and derogatory stereotypes and beliefs to Muslims." Violating the basic principles of human rights civil liberties, and religious freedom, Islamophobic acts take many different forms. In some cases, mosques, Islamic centers, and Muslim properties are attacked and desecrated. In the workplace, schools, and housing, it takes the form of suspicion, staring, hazing, mockery, rejection, stigmatizing and outright discrimination. In public places, it occurs as indirect discrimination, hate speech, and denial of access to goods and services. This collection of essays takes a multidisciplinary approach to Islamophobia, bringing together the expertise and experience of Muslim, American, and European scholars. Analysis is combined with policy recommendations. Contributors discuss and evaluate good practices already in place and offer new methods for dealing with discrimination, hatred, and racism.