Islamophobia in the First Decades of the Twenty-first Century: Observations from Latin America's Southern Cone. (May 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Caro, Isaac
• Other Names: Pozzi Pablo guest-editor.; Munck Ronaldo guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Latin American perspectives. Volume 46:Number 3(2019:May)
• Page Start: 13
• Page End: 25
• Publication Date: 2019-05
• Subjects: Islam -- Islamophobia -- Latin America -- Clash of civilizations -- Middle East; Latin America -- Economic policy -- Periodicals; Latin America -- Politics and government -- Periodicals; Latin America -- Economic conditions -- Periodicals; Latin America -- Social conditions -- Periodicals; 320.98
• DOI: 10.1177/0094582X19831441
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0094-582X

Abstract

The 9/11 attack and the war on terrorism declared by the United States produced a new dynamic with regard to the struggle against intolerance and, in particular, Islamophobia. The increase in Islamophobia is related to the clash-of-civilizations discourse that has served to justify a foreign policy adopted by Republican administrations in the United States, in which Islam is the principal enemy to be fought and defeated. El ataque del 11-S y la guerra contra el terrorismo declarada por los Estados Unidos produjeron una nueva dinámica con respecto a la lucha contra la intolerancia y, en particular, la islamofobia. El aumento de la islamofobia está relacionado con el discurso de choque de civilizaciones que ha servido para justificar una política exterior adoptada por las administraciones republicanas en los Estados Unidos, en la que el Islam es el principal enemigo que hay que combatir y derrotar.