Resisting Islamophobia

Since 9/11, second-generation Muslims have experienced an increase in religious discrimination that has presented several challenges to their American integration. Scholars have noted that Muslims are often marginalized and “othered” because of their religious beliefs, attire choices and non-Weste...

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Autor principal:	Nazreen Bacchus
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	International Institute of Islamic Thought 2019
Materias:	Muslim Americans Religious Identity Gender Islamophobia Racialization Migration and Integration Islam BP1-253
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/fde6d162664a4559815fdcf0eb039136
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:fde6d162664a4559815fdcf0eb0391362021-12-02T17:46:21ZResisting Islamophobia10.35632/ajis.v36i4.5482690-37332690-3741https://doaj.org/article/fde6d162664a4559815fdcf0eb0391362019-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ajis.org/index.php/ajiss/article/view/548https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3733https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3741 Since 9/11, second-generation Muslims have experienced an increase in religious discrimination that has presented several challenges to their American integration. Scholars have noted that Muslims are often marginalized and “othered” because of their religious beliefs, attire choices and non-Western ethnic origins. In New York, Arabs, South Asians and Africans are the predominant ethnic groups practicing Islam. Although Muslim communities are ethnically and racially diverse, they are categorized in ways that have transformed their religious identity into a racialized group. This new form of racial amalgamation is not constructed on underlying skin color similarities but on their religious adherence to Islam. The War on Terror has complicated the image of Muslims by circulating Islamophobia, or the fear of Muslims and Islam, onto American society. Political rhetoric targeting Muslim communities has also incited new ways of misinterpreting Qur’anic text to further marginalize them. Second-generation Muslim Americans are responding to Islamophobia by reframing the negative depictions about their identities through community-based activism. This paper takes an intersectionality approach to understanding how Muslims across the New York metro area are managing their religious identities as they seek to develop a sense of belonging in American society. This ethnographic case study addresses how second-generation Muslims are resisting Islamophobia through community building, civic engagement, and college student associations. Countering Islamophobia has become part of the everyday life experience for Muslims in New York and is currently their main trajectory for integration into American society. Nazreen BacchusInternational Institute of Islamic ThoughtarticleMuslim AmericansReligious IdentityGenderIslamophobiaRacializationMigration and IntegrationIslamBP1-253ENAmerican Journal of Islam and Society, Vol 36, Iss 4 (2019)
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description	Since 9/11, second-generation Muslims have experienced an increase in religious discrimination that has presented several challenges to their American integration. Scholars have noted that Muslims are often marginalized and “othered” because of their religious beliefs, attire choices and non-Western ethnic origins. In New York, Arabs, South Asians and Africans are the predominant ethnic groups practicing Islam. Although Muslim communities are ethnically and racially diverse, they are categorized in ways that have transformed their religious identity into a racialized group. This new form of racial amalgamation is not constructed on underlying skin color similarities but on their religious adherence to Islam. The War on Terror has complicated the image of Muslims by circulating Islamophobia, or the fear of Muslims and Islam, onto American society. Political rhetoric targeting Muslim communities has also incited new ways of misinterpreting Qur’anic text to further marginalize them. Second-generation Muslim Americans are responding to Islamophobia by reframing the negative depictions about their identities through community-based activism. This paper takes an intersectionality approach to understanding how Muslims across the New York metro area are managing their religious identities as they seek to develop a sense of belonging in American society. This ethnographic case study addresses how second-generation Muslims are resisting Islamophobia through community building, civic engagement, and college student associations. Countering Islamophobia has become part of the everyday life experience for Muslims in New York and is currently their main trajectory for integration into American society.
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Resisting Islamophobia

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