Islamophobia in Ireland

Carr, James

doi:10.4324/9781351135559-12

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“…Regarding Muslim identities in predominantly non-Muslim societies, a range of studies demonstrate that neoliberalism has reinforced anti-Muslim othering and racism, especially in Europe and the USA. In his book on experiences of Islamophobia, Carr (2016), for instance, has shown that, under neoliberalism, the Irish state became ‘blind to racism’. Such blindness, the author suggests, not only fails to recognize anti-Muslim racism as a problem within Irish society but also relieves the state of having to act to contain it.…”

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Desired Muslims: Neoliberalism, halal food production and the assemblage of Muslim expertise, service providers and labour in New Zealand and Brazil

Araújo

2021

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Critical scholarship has shown that neoliberalism has reinforced Islamophobia, anti-Muslim racism and projections of Muslims as undesirable in many contexts, particularly in ‘the West’. Little is said about other impacts neoliberal ideology has had on the ways Muslim (immigrant) communities are viewed and (dis)integrated into Muslim-minority contexts. Against this backdrop, this paper argues that Muslims can also be desired and systematically mobilized in predominantly non-Muslim countries where neoliberalized economies capitalize on their identities. The argument is illustrated through case studies in contexts of halal food production and trade in New Zealand and Brazil. Drawing on conceptualizations of neoliberal utility/necessity perspectives on immigrants as well as on assemblage thinking, this paper shows, first, that neoliberal restructuring has played a major role in the development of trade relations with the Islamic world and thus in the emergence of demands for Muslim expertise, service providers and workers in both countries. It demonstrates, second, how Muslim identities have been systematically assembled to meet these demands, and third, that the assemblages are at the same time limited by largely (though not exclusively) neoliberal logics. Finally, the paper shows that many of the assembling practices and logics are similar in both contexts and likely to be found elsewhere. Their effects, however, diverge due to different local conditions. The findings imply that relations between neoliberal ideology and the ways Muslims are viewed and (dis)integrated in Muslim-minority contexts are complex and unfold differently across space, and that this complexity deserves greater academic scrutiny.

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“…A range of recent studies has demonstrated that neoliberalism has reinforced Islamophobia, anti-Muslim racism and projections of Muslims as undesirable, particularly in ‘the West’ (e.g. Carr, 2016; Waikar, 2018; see next section). Other impacts have received scant attention so far.…”

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Desired Muslims: Neoliberalism, halal food production and the assemblage of Muslim expertise, service providers and labour in New Zealand and Brazil

Araújo

2021

Ethnicities

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“…In Britain, the Islamic veil is arguably a sign of difference and nonconformity (Fox et al, 2012, p. 920), and "its spatial transgression makes it (over)visible and controversial" in today's temporal framing (Göle, 2015, p. 184). Indeed, wearing a veil situates my female respondents into the racialized imagery of Muslim communities (criminal tendencies, uncivilized behaviors, moral deficiencies) considering the prevailing debates on Islamophobia today (Carr, 2019;Fox et al, 2012). This assumption is verified mainly by one of my female respondents wearing the veil, who described how she felt amongst the white British majority: I mean, there comes a moment when I do feel uncomfortable; there comes a moment when I do feel like, "Oh my gosh, there are too many white people."…”

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Navigating Racialisation and Whiteness: British Turks’ Struggles for Belonging in Multiscale Public Spaces within the UK

Onay

2024

J Ethn Cult Stud

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This paper explores the complex dynamics of racialization and whiteness within the context of British Turks’ pursuit of belonging in multiscale public spaces in the UK. It examines how these dynamics ultimately lead them to perceive themselves as “non-British” and affirm their place as “Other” within mainstream British society. Based on their experiences in multiscale spatialities, ranging from urban and provincial cities to university campuses and pubs, this study delves into subtle forms of exclusions and stigmatizations tied to differentiated ways British Turks are racialized, revealing how racial identities are constantly reconstructed and contested in these spaces. Based on the discourses of racialization and whiteness emanating from the social and political context in which xenophobia and Islamophobia emerge, the findings highlight the need to consider the intersections of race, ethnicity, culture, and religion in understanding how British Turks constantly question their place and belonging in the UK and confront racial boundaries and different forms of racisms including Islamophobia within various settings in Britain.

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“…3) The Islamophobia notion is supposedly insignificant because it fails to reference any socio-political reality (thus denying the Islamophobic reality in the same way as the existence of certain forms of racism or misogyny is denied -Césari, 2011; Sayyid, 2014). 4) It is much harder to adequately define (theorise) the notion than to identify (describe) its manifestations in terms of the empirical and sociopolitical reality to which it makes reference (e.g., exclusion, discrimination, micro-aggressions, violence, stigmatisation) (Bullock, 2017;Carr, 2016;Césari, 2011;Kaya, 2015aKaya, , 2015bSayyid, 2014Sayyid, , 2018.…”

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From Media and Pseudo-Scholarly Islamophobia in Post 9/11 Moral Panic to ‘Meta-Solidarity’

MEKKI-BERRADA¹,

D’HAENENS²

2023

Islamophobia as a Form of Radicalisation

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Islamophobia in Ireland

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Desired Muslims: Neoliberalism, halal food production and the assemblage of Muslim expertise, service providers and labour in New Zealand and Brazil

Desired Muslims: Neoliberalism, halal food production and the assemblage of Muslim expertise, service providers and labour in New Zealand and Brazil

Navigating Racialisation and Whiteness: British Turks’ Struggles for Belonging in Multiscale Public Spaces within the UK

From Media and Pseudo-Scholarly Islamophobia in Post 9/11 Moral Panic to ‘Meta-Solidarity’

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