RT Article
T1 Islamophobia as a constraint to world peace: the case of Australia
JF Islam and Christian-Muslim relations
VO 22
IS 4
SP 433
OP 441
A1 Bouma, Gary D.
LA English
PB Routledge
YR 2011
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1670264513
AB One of the critical factors shaping any understanding of the reception of Islam and Muslims in the West is an overarching anti-Islam and anti-Muslim discourse. This article takes Islamophobia to refer to a discourse that reifies and essentializes negative images of Islam, Muslims and their cultures, resulting in unfounded fear of actual Muslims. This article briefly discusses this discourse and demonstrates its effects in the West and in particular in Australia. It then describes the Australian context, and the emergence of Muslim communities and of policies and practices of inclusion rather than exclusion.
K1 Australia
K1 Islamophobia
K1 Boundaries
K1 Diversity
K1 Religion
DO 10.1080/09596410.2011.606189