The racialization of Muslims in France and the United States: Some insights from white converts to Islam

Galonnier, Juliette

doi:10.1177/0037768615601966

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“…Often this treatment is not (only) related to how they act or what they believe, but also to how they look. This 'racialization of religion' means that racial meaning is assigned to a group that was previously defined as religious (Galonnier, 2015). In other words, a light brown skin is associated with 'being Muslim'.…”

Section: National Identity and Religion: Mechanisms Of In-and Exclusionmentioning

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Rethinking ‘Dutchness’: Learning from the intersections between religion, gender and national identity after conversion to Islam

Midden

2018

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This article aims to investigate the relationship between religion and national identity through the experiences of female converts to Islam. Gender is essential in this conjuncture, as many national, religious and secular markers are gendered and, most of the time, specifically focused on women and their bodily practices. Through a literature review and discussion of preliminary interview results, we will investigate how female converts negotiate their multiple belongings, especially regarding the relationship between religion and national identity. The focus is not on self-understanding of converts, but on in/exclusion of Muslims in European nations. The final aim is to explore options for more inclusive interpretations of ‘Dutchness’, in order to counter the idea that Islam and ‘Dutchness’ are not compatible.

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Section: National Identity and Religion: Mechanisms Of In-and Exclusionmentioning

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Rethinking ‘Dutchness’: Learning from the intersections between religion, gender and national identity after conversion to Islam

Midden

2018

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“…There are numerous ways to implement such exclusion, three of which are discussed below: by law, through representation and as a result of political decisions. The study adds to a growing body of research analyzing the impact of Islamophobia on Muslim women [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16], which remains largely understudied in the context of Sweden [2,[17][18][19][20]. It therefore constitutes a significant contribution to analysis of several aspects of the complex phenomenon of contemporary Islamophobia in Western countries.…”

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Islamophobia, Representation and the Muslim Political Subject. A Swedish Case Study

Jakku

2018

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Applying media analysis, this article addresses how the exclusion of Muslim women from fields of common public interest in Sweden, such as partaking as an active citizen, is materialized. Focusing on a specific event-the cancellation of a screening of Burka Songs 2.0-and the media coverage and representation of the cancellation, it discusses the role of discourses of gender equality, secularity and democracy in circumscribing space for Muslim political subjects. It casts light on Islamophobic stereotyping, questionable democracy and secularity, as well as the over-simplified approaches to gender equality connected to dealings with Muslim women in Sweden. Besides obstacles connected to Muslim political subjects, the study provides insights into media representation of Muslim women in general, specially connected to veils and the role of lawmaking connected to certain kind of veiling, in Sweden and Europe.

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“…It is increasingly common to theorize the "racialization" of American Muslims (Bayoumi, 2015;Cainkar, 2009;Carr & Haynes, 2015;Galonnier, 2015;Garner & Selod, 2015;Ibrahim, 2008;Selod, 2015;Selod & Embrick, 2013). Yet theories of the racialization of American Muslims can often run into two problems.…”

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Colorblind Islam: The Racial Hinges of Immigrant Muslims in the United States

Guhin

2018

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Islam is increasingly theorized as a "racialized" category in the United States, yet these accounts can too often emphasize a top-down approach of racial identification and obfuscate the importance of the African-American Muslim experience. Using Maghbouleh's (2017) concept of "racial hinges", the author synthesizes previous work and provides evidence from his own ethnographic research to describe how immigrant Muslims in the United States leverage different racial "strategies of action" (Swidler, 1986), including white acculturation and black appropriation. In the conclusion, the author suggests a third strategy: brown solidarity.

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The racialization of Muslims in France and the United States: Some insights from white converts to Islam

Cited by 88 publications

References 35 publications

Rethinking ‘Dutchness’: Learning from the intersections between religion, gender and national identity after conversion to Islam

Rethinking ‘Dutchness’: Learning from the intersections between religion, gender and national identity after conversion to Islam

Islamophobia, Representation and the Muslim Political Subject. A Swedish Case Study

Colorblind Islam: The Racial Hinges of Immigrant Muslims in the United States

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