The Muslim problem : from the British Empire to Islamophobia / Ismail Adam Patel.
Patel, Ismail Adam, author.
2021
DA125.M87 P37 2021eb
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Title
The Muslim problem : from the British Empire to Islamophobia / Ismail Adam Patel.
Author
Patel, Ismail Adam, author.
ISBN
9783030758424 (electronic bk.)
3030758427 (electronic bk.)
3030758419
9783030758417
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75842-4
Published
Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-75842-4 doi
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DA125.M87 P37 2021eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
305.6970941
Summary
This book explains the increasing incidences and normalisation of Islamophobia, by analysing the role of signifiers of free speech, censorship, and fatwa during the Satanic Verses affair in problematising the figure of the Muslim. Ismail Patel develops the notion of Islamophobia not as a continuation of the antagonistic relation from the British Empire but as a postcolonial reformulation of the figure of the Muslim. The book views Islamophobia studies as a paradigm, engages in the debate of Islamophobia as a global phenomenon, investigates the contestation over its definition and challenges the view of Islamophobia as a reserve of the far-right. It assesses the debate around the concept of identity and shows how the colonised figure of the Muslim provided significance in constructing British imperial identity. Providing a decolonial, counter-Islamophobia approach that challenges Britishness exclusionary white symbolic content, the book calls for a liberating idea of Britishness that promotes a post-racist rather than a post-race society. Theoretically rich in analysis, this book will contribute to discussions of identity formation, Britishness, Islamophobia and counter-Islamophobia. It will be of use to students and researchers across history, politics, sociology, cultural studies, literary studies, and anthropology. Ismail Adam Patel is a visiting Research Fellow at University of Leeds and the chair of UK based NGO Friends of Al-Aqsa.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Description based upon online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed Janurary 17, 2022).
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Mapping global racisms.
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Intro
Acknowledgements
Praise for The Muslim Problem
Contents
1 Introduction
I
II
III
References
Part I Critical Muslim Studies and Islamophobia
2 Perspective and Knowledge Formation
How Do You Tell a Story?
Critical Muslim Studies
A Genealogy
Critical Muslim Theory, the Critical Muslim and Critical Muslim Studies
Utility: Critical Muslim Studies
A History of Ideas
Problematisation
References
3 Islamophobia
Islamophobia Studies: A Paradigm
Paradigm and Family Resemblance
Islamophobia Theses: Recurrent Themes

Islamophobia: The Politics of Definition
The Need for a Definition
Formulating a Definition
Transhistorical Islamophobia
Connaissance
Savoir
Muslim: An Abiding Figure
Islamophobia: Far-Right Populism
Islamophobia: Global Phenomenon
References
Part II Britishness: An Imperial Formation
4 The Empire Project and Britishness
Identifying Identity
Britishness: A Formation
A Positivist Interpretation
A Relational Interpretation
Britishness: Senso Comune
The Empire: The Centrifugalist and the Centripetalist
References

5 The Empire Project and the Figure of the Muslim
Constructing the Muslim World: Darwin and Aydin
Pan-Islamism, Ummah and Caliphate
The Caliphate and the Fatwa of Jihad
The Empire Project: Addressing Muslim Challenges
Representing the Figure of the Muslim
References
Part III The Satanic Verses Affair: Problematisation of Muslims in Post-Colonial Britain and Counter-Islamophobia Strategies
6 The Satanic Verses Affair: Problematisation of Muslims in Post-Colonial Britain
The Satanic Verses Affair: A Background
Protest and Lobbying

Post-colonial Reordering of Britishness
The Regulation of Entry and Management of the Ethnically Marked
The Splintering of Black Identity
Unfolding the Process: Freedom of Expression
Hurtful Words
The Author's Intention
Britishness: Censorship and the Slippery Slope
Tolerance and Britishness
The Global Muslim Problem: A Tale of Two Fatwas
References
7 Counter-Islamophobia Attitude
Counter-Islamophobia Strategies
A Critical Muslim Studies Counter-Islamophobia Discourse
References
Bibliography
Index

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