The Palgrave Handbook of Gendered Islamophobia

Amina Easat-Daas, Irene Zempi

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2024
• Print ISBN: 9783031520211
• eBook ISBN: 9783031520228
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Terrorism
• Index: Social Sciences

Against a backdrop of continually growing global Islamophobia, this handbook provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary overview of the key issues, theories, debates, and developments in gendered Islamophobia, unpacking how Western, Orientalist constructions of Muslim men and women affect the lived experiences of Muslim men and women; impact social, legal, and criminological policies, practices, and discourse; and give rise to resistance against gendered Islamophobia.

Drawing on theories from philosophy, sociology, gender studies, psychology and criminology, sections examine the interdisciplinary theoretical dimensions of gendered Islamophobia; illustrate the dynamics of gendered Islamophobia through the use of case examples in the UK, Europe, North America, Australasia, the Middle East, and South Asia.

This handbook will be valuable reading for scholars, researchers, and policymakers around the globe in Gender Studies, Sociology, Criminology, Politics, and Law, whofocus on the intersections of gender and Islamopobia, and the impact on Muslim men and women respectively. 

Chapter "Why Being a Woman Matters When Countering Islamophobia in Australia" is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Front Matter
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Islamophobia as Intersectional Phenomenon
• 3. Political, Colonial, and Libidinal Economies of Gendered Islamophobia
• 4. Gendered Islamophobic Securitisation and the Headscarf Conundrum in France and the Netherlands
• 5. On White, Male Desires and Projections: Islamophobia and Patriarchy
• 6. From Silent Majority to Safeguarding: Mapping the Representation of Muslim Women in UK Counterterrorism Policies
• 7. Muslim Women, English Language, and Countering Violent Extremism
• 8. Beyond the Bakwaas: Securitising Muslim Male Identities
• 9. From Terrorists to Paedophiles: Investigating the Experience and Encounter of Islamophobia on Muslim Men in Contemporary Britain
• 10. British Muslim Men, Stigma and Clothing Choices
• 11. Removal of the Niqab in Court: A Structural Barrier to Equality
• 12. #HandsOffMyHijab: Muslim Women Writers Challenge Contemporary Islamophobia
• 13. Islamophobic Hate Crime Towards Non-Muslim Men
• 14. Spatialising Islamophobia: Responding to and Resisting Anti-Muslim Racism in Scotland
• 15. In the Name of Muslim Women’s Right to Learn? A Case Study of Moroccan Migrant Mothers in the Belgian ‘Citizenisation’ Context
• 16. The Left, Liberalism and Gendered Islamophobia in France, and Belgium
• 17. “Men Come, and Men Go, But God Is and Remains”: Finnish Female Converts to Islam and Agency
• 18. ‘How can you be Muslim? You look like you’re Greek!’: Investigating Muslim Women’s Experiences of Islamophobia in Greece
• 19. “I Don’t Dress Like You”: Islamophobia Between the (In)Visible Violence Against Muslim Women in Italy, and Resilience Strategies
• 20. Hindutva and the Muslim Problem: An Exploration of Gendered Islamophobia in India
• 21. Hindutva, Muslim Women and Islamophobic Governance in India
• 22. “Expect It and Accept It: Coping with Islamophobia in The Canadian Medical Field”
• 23. An Unanticipated Methodological Crisis: (Forced) Adaptations to Online Qualitative Methodological Encounters, Disruptions and Challenges During the COVID-19 Pandemic for Researching Marginalized Individuals on Gendered Islamophobia in Canada
• 24. Two Different Countries, a Common Phenomenon: Comparative Study of Islamophobia in Turkey and Germany
• 25. Why Being a Woman Matters When Countering Islamophobia in Australia
• 26. Dangerous Muslim Wombs and the Fear of Replacement: Experiences from Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand
• Correction to: Why Being a Woman Matters When Countering Islamophobia in Australia
• Back Matter