History and Context | |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Acknowledgments | |
Images of Islam in Europe | p. 9 |
Early Contact with Islam | |
Al-Andalus and Muslim Rule in Europe | |
The Crusades and the Reconquista | |
From Polemic to Indifference | |
The Ottomans | |
Romanticism and the Enlightenment | |
Colonialism and Orientalism | p. 25 |
Napoleon and "Enlightened" Colonialism | |
The Characteristics of Orientalism | |
American Imperialism | |
The Persistence of Orientalist Myths | p. 41 |
Myth One: Islam Is a Monolithic Religion | |
Myth Two: Islam Is a Uniquely Sexist Religion | |
Myth Three: The "Muslim Mind" Is Incapable of Reason and Rationality | |
Myth Four: Islam Is an Inherently Violent Religion | |
Myth Five: Muslims Are Incapable of Democracy and Self-Rule | |
Political Islam and US Policy | |
Allies and Enemies: The United States and Political Islam | p. 63 |
Islam and Modernization | |
Saudi Arabia and the King of Islam | |
Iran and Afghanistan: Irrational Mullahs and Freedom Fighters Israel's Enemies | |
Islamists and the Post-Cold War Era | |
The Separation of Mosque and State | p. 81 |
Orientalist Myths | |
The De Facto Separation of Religion and Politics | |
Modernization and Secularization | |
The Failures of Islamic Revivalism | |
Radical Secular Nationalism | |
Political Islam: A Historical Analysis | p. 93 |
What Is Political Islam? | |
The Growth of Political Islam | |
Political Islam: Mixed Fortunes | |
Political Islam in an Anti-Imperialist Framework | |
The Foreign Policy Establishment and the "Islamic Threat" | p. 113 |
The Neocons | |
The Israel Connection | |
Humanitarian Imperialism | |
September 11 and the Bush Doctrine | |
Obama and Liberal Imperialism | |
Islamophobia and Domestic Politics | |
Legalizing Racism: Muslims and the Attack on Civil Liberties | p. 139 |
Terrorizing Arabs and Muslims | |
Surveillance, Detention, and Deportation | |
Preemptive Prosecution | |
The Terrorism Spectacle | |
Theories of Radicalization | |
Green Scare: The Making of the Domestic Muslim Enemy | p. 159 |
Manufacturing the Green Scare | |
The "Ground Zero Mosque" Controversy | |
The Rise of the Islamophobic Network | |
Islamophobia and the New McCarthyism | p. 175 |
The New McCarthyites | |
"Education" and Media Propaganda | |
Mainstream and Liberal Enablers | |
Systemic Racism | |
Conclusion: Fighting Islamophobia | p. 193 |
List of Acronyms | p. 201 |
Notes | p. 203 |
Index | p. 225 |
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