Countering islamophobia in Europe. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Ian Law, Amina Easat-Daas, Arzu Merali, S. Sayyid.
• Editors: Law, Ian; Easat-Daas, Amina; Merali, Arzu; Sayyid, S
• Contents: Intro; Acknowledgements; Contents; Notes on Contributors; List of Tables; List of Boxes; 1: Introduction; References; 2: Islamophobia as a Key Contextual Factor in Human Rights Adjudication; Introduction; Islamophobia in European Human Rights Law; EU Directives; The Council of Europe; Complaints of Violations of Freedom of Religion or Freedom from Religious Discrimination by Muslim Applicants; The European Court of Human Rights: Overview; Freedom to Manifest Religion in Public Through Symbols; Restrictions on the Wearing of Religious Symbols for Reasons of Public Safety; Blanket Bans Comparison: The UN Human Rights Committee in Cases on Religious SymbolsConcluding Thoughts: Islamophobia as a Key Contextual Point; Appendix; References; 3: Countering Islamophobia in the UK; Introduction; Muslims as the Permanent and Immutable Other; Ten Things to Do About the Injustice of Islamophobia; Conclusion; References; Interviews; 4: Countering Islamophobia in Greece; Introduction; History and Contemporary Trends of Islamophobia in Greece; Narratives of Islamophobia in Greece; Extreme Right Narratives; Conservative Narratives; Liberal Narratives; Concluding Remarks Counter-Narratives to Islamophobia in Greece1. Sweeping Associations of Islam with Violence and Terrorism Are Unjustified, and Terrorism Is Socially Constructed, Rather than Religiously Ordained; 2. Muslims Can Be Integrated and the Mosque in Athens as a Pillar of Integration; 3. The Essence of Human Rights and the Value of Shared Humanity as Key Elements of the European Heritage and Identity, and the Intersecting Multiple Identities of Muslims 4. Internal Responses to Anti-Muslim Fear and Hatred Associated with Concrete Political, Religious and Ideological Discourses, Aiming at Specific AudiencesLiberal/Democratic Values; The New Patriotism of Solidarity; Conservative Voices; Concluding Remarks; Key Messages; References; Personal Communications; Books; Reports; 5: Countering Islamophobia in Hungary; An Introduction to the National History of Islamophobia in Hungary; Islam and Muslims in Hungary; Islamophobia in Hungary; A Contemporary Analysis of Dominant Narratives of Anti-Muslim Hatred Islamophobia in Media and Politics in a Government-Controlled NewspaperIslamophobia in Other Social and Political Spheres; Experiences of Discrimination; A Contemporary Analysis of Dominant Counter-Narratives; Context of Counter-Narratives of Opposition Political and Social Actors; Analysis of Counter-Narratives in Opposition Media, Political Parties, Civil and Religious Organisations; Conclusion and Key Messages; References; 6: Countering Islamophobia in the Czech Republic; Introduction; The History of Islamophobia in the Czech Republic; Contemporary Dominant Islamophobic Narratives
• Publisher Details: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 305.6/97094; Muslims -- Europe; Islamophobia -- Europe; Marginality, Social -- Europe; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 3030162605; 9783030162603
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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