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“Much like other notable works on Islamophobia by scholars like
Erik Love and Moustafa Bayoumi, Beydoun looks at the and
impact of domestic “war on terror” legislation in how it
racialized Muslims and transformed everyday life within Muslim
communities. What he adds with ‘American Islamophobia’ is the
terminology and language to describe the demonization of Muslims
from the state — and the necessary legal and historical context
to understand the depth of structural Islamophobia and the tools
needed to dismantle it.” (The Intercept 2018-05-06)
“Beydoun’s book, American Islamophobia, provides urgent and
compelling context to a global phenomena that has mushroomed on
our shores.” (Scoop 2018-08-14)
"[Beydoun's] ability to intersperse complex academic argument
with engaging stories and anecdotes ensures that not only does
his writing draw you in, but also one never loses of the
human stories of insecurity, suffering and loss that are at the
book's heart." (Critical Studies on Terrorism)
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From the Inside Flap
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“Deftly pairing his deep legal expertise with a searching moral
dialogue, Khaled A. Beydoun breaks down U.S. Islamophobia as the
full-fledged system that it is—one with a very specific history,
but tightly linked to other forms of white supremacy. This book
meets the moment, but it is also packed with staying power. A
crucial contribution to building the powerful, broad-based, and
diverse movement that is our only hope.”—Naomi Klein, author
of No Is Not Enough and This Changes Everything
“This compelling book is an exquisite testament to what it means
to subvert Islamophobia. Beydoun stands out as a brilliant
scholar and advocate who gives voice and attention to the
neglected stories of Black Muslims along with the poor, working
class, and undocumented.”—Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, Professor
of Law, Columbia Law School and UCLA School of Law
“In this political climate, Beydoun is a much-needed and
critical voice, analyst, commentator, and researcher.
Unapologetically Muslim and Arab American, he speaks and writes
truth to power, steering us away from comfort and forcing us to
confront racism through our own relationships with it. Brilliant
and witty, he tells it like it is.”—Linda Sarsour, cochair of the
2017 Women’s March
“At a time when casual hate-mongering emanates from the highest
level of the U.S. government, American Islamophobia provides
precisely what is necessary to understand the dark days we are
living through. Beydoun brilliantly dissects the tropes that are
central to the deliberate construction of Islam as the ultimate
hostile other. He draws on his legal training and his experience
in national security policing and civil liberties advocacy to
draw a stark portrait of this ugly time of carefully curated
xenophobia and mass hatred that Muslims, Hispanics, and many
others are enduring. I can think of no book that could be more
timely.”—id Khalidi, author of Brokers of Deceit: How the
U.S. Has Undermined Peace in the Middle East
“A triumphant act of moral restitution. Written with bravura
flair, academic authority, and panoramic scholarly panache,
American Islamophobia declares the birth of an American Muslim
intellectual who wholly cls the land and envisions a bold
future for it. This is no simple diagnosis of a racist pathology
in a nation. It announces the brave surfacing of a subterranean
voice rooted in the moral imaginary of a liberated
America.”—Hamid Dabashi, author of Iran Without Borders: Towards
a Critique of the Postcolonial Nation
“This is an urgent book for anyone seeking a comprehensive
understanding of Islamophobia today.”—Evelyn Alsultany, author of
Arabs and Muslims in the Media: Race and Representation after
9/11
“This is a highly readable, deeply personal, and fiercely
intellectual analysis of endemic social and structural
Islamophobia throughout American history. This book is required
reading for any thinking human being.”—Khaled Abou El Fadl, Omar
and Azmeralda Alfi Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law
“Political commentary, intellectual history, legal exegesis, and
autobiography, this book is a powerful and moving articulation of
how Islamophobia has shaped and been shaped by U.S.
democracy.”—Devon W. Carbado, coauthor of Acting White?
Rethinking Race in “Post-Racial” America and Harry Pregerson
Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law
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About the Author
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Khaled A. Beydoun is Associate Professor of Law at the University
of Arkansas School of Law and Senior Affiliated Faculty at the
University of California–Berkeley Islamophobia Research and
Documentation Project. A critical race theorist, he examines
Islamophobia, the war on terror, and the salience of race and
racism in American law. His scholarship has appeared in top law
journals, including the California Law Review, Columbia Law
Review, and Harvard Civil Rights–Civil Liberties Law Review. In
addition, he is an active public intellectual and advocate whose
commentary has been featured in the New York Times and Washington
Post as well as on the BBC, Al Jazeera English, ESPN, and more.
He is a native of Detroit and has been named the 2017
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee Advocate of the Year
and the Arab American Association of New York’s 2017 Community
Champion of the Year.
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