Traveling Islamophobia in the Global South: Thinking Through the Consumption of Malala Yousafzai in India

Malala Yousafzai (1997-) became an international icon after Pakistan-based Tehrik-i-Taliban militants attacked her on her way to school on October 9, 2012. In the following days, the global media gave extensive coverage to the attack from multiple narrative positions. This article argues that the tr...

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Auteurs: Kunnummal, Ashraf (Auteur) ; Esack, Farid 1956- (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: ASRSA 2021
Dans: Journal for the study of religion
Année: 2021, Volume: 34, Numéro: 1, Pages: 1-25
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Yousafzai, Malala 1997- / Girl / Right to education / Campaign / India / Islamophobia
RelBib Classification:AD Sociologie des religions
AX Dialogue interreligieux
KBM Asie
ZC Politique en général
Sujets non-standardisés:B Taliban
B Islamic political subjectivity
B Islamophobia
B Malala Yousafzai
B Muslims in Kerala
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Résumé:Malala Yousafzai (1997-) became an international icon after Pakistan-based Tehrik-i-Taliban militants attacked her on her way to school on October 9, 2012. In the following days, the global media gave extensive coverage to the attack from multiple narrative positions. This article argues that the traveling of Yousafzai as an image of a Muslim girl's right to education was instrumentalized in the context of Kerala, South India, to deny Muslims the right to political agency. By analyzing the traveling of Islamophobia in the Global South, this article shows how the gender-based stereotypes of Islamic political subjectivity were reproduced through the figure of Yousafzai. By looking into the particularities within the Global South, this article argues that Islamophobia as a discourse is now part of a global economy within which the threat of Muslim subjectivity is applied in unique ways.
ISSN:2413-3027
Contient:Enthalten in: Journal for the study of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.17159/2413-3027/2021/v34n1a2