Islamophobia: What’s in a Name?

The term Islamophobia is not of recent vintage. However, while its origins date back to the 1910s, its current usage is relatively new, and dates back to the 1990s. It is also a heavily contested term, not only in far-right circles in the West, but also among liberal elites, and even within academia...

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Main Author: Bangstad, Sindre 1973- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2016
In: Journal of Muslims in Europe
Year: 2016, Volume: 5, Issue: 2, Pages: 145-169
Further subjects:B Islamophobia Norway, the far-right Stop The Islamisation of Norway (sian) legal anthropology
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)

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