What Is Islamophobia? Racism, Social Movements and the State

Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Acronyms -- Acknowledgements -- Part I: Introduction: What is Islamophobia -- 1. Islamophobia, Social Movements and the State: For a Movement-centred Approach - Narzanin Massoumi, Tom Mills and David Miller -- Part II: Islamophobia, Counter-Terrorism and the State -- 2. Islamophobia as Ideology of US Empire - Arun Kundnani -- 3. Islamophobia and Empire: An Intermestic Approach to the Study of Anti-Muslim Racism - Deepa Kumar -- 4. The UK Counter-terrorism Matrix: Structural Racism and the Case of Mahdi Hashi - Asim Qureshi -- 5. The 'War on Terror' and the Attack on Muslim Civil Society - Shenaz Bunglawala -- Part III: Social Movements from Above -- 6. Mainstreaming Anti-Muslim Prejudice: The Rise of the Islamophobia Industry in American Electoral Politics - Nathan Lean -- 7. Terror Incognito: Black Flags, Plastic Swords and Other Weapons of Mass Disruption in Australia - Scott Poynting and Linda Briskman -- 8. Islamophobia, Counter-extremism and the Counterjihad Movement - Hilary Aked -- 9. The Transatlantic Network: Funding Islamophobia and Israeli Settlements - Sarah Marusek -- 10. The Neoconservative Movement: Think Tanks as Elite Elements of Social Movements from Above - Tom Griffin, David Miller and Tom Mills -- 11. Liberal and Left Movements and the Rise of Islamphobia - Narzanin Massoumi, Tom Mills and David Miller -- Part IV: Fighting Back -- 12. Fighting Back: Challening the State and Social Movements from Above - Narzanin Massoumi, Tom Mills and David Miller -- Contributors -- Index