Islamophobia and acts of violence : the targeting and victimization of American Muslims /

"Anti-Muslim-inspired violence was not an essential focus of law enforcement until after 9/11/2001. After the deadly terrorist attack by Al-Qaeda, an Islamic extremist group, the U.S. Muslim community began to feel the heat of anger from their fellow citizens. President George W. Bush was presc...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Turpin-Petrosino, Carolyn, 1952- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]
Series:Interpersonal violence.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The nature and scope of Islamophobia and anti-Muslim hate crime in contemporary America
  • The structure, impact, and power of the American Islamophobia network / Zainab Arain and Abbas Barzegar
  • Ripples of hate: measuring how hate crimes hurt more / Randy Blazak
  • Attacking Muslims in North America: an empirical analysis of terrorist attacks and plots from 1970 to 2016 / Brian Nussbaum and Andrew Vitek
  • The victimization of Muslim American women and the challenges of imperial feminism in comparative context / Engy Abdelkader
  • An opinion: what the Qur'an says that disqualifies the perspectives of militant radical Muslims / Jabbar A. Al-Obaidi
  • Trends and catalysts of anti-Muslim hate crime and bigoted attitudes: a multidecade analysis / Brian Levin
  • Conclusions: veils uncovered and veils that remain.