Islamophobia (review)

• Ever since the UK-based think tank the Runnymede Trust published the report Islamophobia: A Challenge for us All in 1997, the phenomenon and concept of Islamophobia has been widely discussed and debated by scholars and journalists alike. There are supporters of the term as well as stern critics. One of the most active scholars in these discussions has been Chris Allen, at the University of Birmingham, UK. Soon after the atrocities of 9/11, Allen co-authored the Summary Report on Islamophobia in the EU after 11 September 2001 with Jorgen S. Nielsen (University of Copenhagen), and since then he has published a number of articles and book contributions on the subject. In 2006 he defended his PhD thesis entitled Islamophobia: Contested Concept in the Public Space. His most recent book, simply entitled Islamophobia, without any subtitle, must be comprehended as a summing up of more than ten years of research on the subject.

Subject headings

HUMANIORA  -- Filosofi, etik och religion -- Religionsvetenskap (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Philosophy, Ethics and Religion -- Religious Studies (hsv//eng)

Keyword

islamofobi

Publication and Content Type

vet (subject category)

rec (subject category)