Islamophobia: Making Muslims the Enemy

by Peter Gottschalk and Gabriel Greenberg

Book Overview

In the minds of many Americans, Islam is synonymous with the Middle East, Muslim men with violence, and Muslim women with oppression. In the post-9/11 world, a clash of civilizations appears to be increasingly manifest and the War on Terror seems a struggle against Islam. These are symptoms of Islamophobia. The term "Islamophobia" accurately reflects the largely unexamined and deeply ingrained anxiety many Americans experience when considering Islam...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742552861
• ISBN13: 9780742552869
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 181 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.8"