Hi Mark,

Thank you for sharing. Look forward to reading.

Many thanks,

Zaheera.

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I may have to declare an interest, insofar as I have watched this young man's career since he started as a researcher, and concede that it isn't actually directly related to the topic of the List, but it is worth a read and is very well researched! You might have seen reference to the Runnymede Trust study of Islamophobia all those years ago, and Tahir was in on that from the start...

NB this link also offers a discount!

Mark R D Johnson
Emeritus Professor of Diversity in Health & Social Care Mary Seacole Research Centre / CEEHD De Montfort University Leicester LE1 9BH

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Sent: 23 September 2019 16:30
Subject: Fwd: New book - Islamophobia and Radicalisation - out now!

Islamophobia and Radicalisation
A Vicious Cycle
Tahir Abbas



A measured yet theoretically innovative exploration of how Islamophobia and radicalisation intersect and reinforce each other.


Description

Since the 1970s, there have been three challenges to traditional, homogeneous 'national' identities across the Western world: political and socioeconomic inequality; neoliberal globalisation; and more diverse, multicultural societies. As in the US and elsewhere in Western Europe, the decline of an old, masculinised national identity has now begun to open a new, dark era for Britain.

Ever since the 'war on terror' was added to the mix, 'others' in Britain have been brutally demonised. Muslims, routinely presented as the source of society's ills, are subjected to both symbolic and actual violence. Deep-seated and structurally racialised norms amplify the isolation and alienation impeding Muslim integration. Both these 'left-behind' Muslims and white-British groups who perceive themselves as the true nation are under pressure from ongoing geopolitical concerns in the Muslim world, as well as widening divisions at home.

Tahir Abbas argues that, in this context, the symbiotic intersections between Islamophobia and radicalisation intensify and expand. His book is a warning of the world that results: a rise in hate crime, the institutionalisation of Islamophobia, and the normalisation of war and conflict.


Reviews

'This book offers thorough insights into the concept of Islamophobia and the radicalisation of some Muslims in Europe and the UK. It is an antidote to crude stereotyping of all Muslims, and explores the fears of whole populations in the modern world.' - Sally Tomlinson, Honorary Fellow, University of Oxford, and author of Education and Race from Empire to Brexit

'Tahir Abbas's study has the singular merit of demonstrating that Islamophobia and radicalisation are mirror images of each other, where Islamophobia-produced by historical discrimination and socio-economic marginalisation-rather than Islam has been the driving force.' - George Joffé, Research Associate, London Middle East Institute, SOAS University of London

'Abbas has brilliantly provided a timely and incisive analysis that examines the symbiotic relationship between Islamophobia and radicalisation within the historical, political, and cultural contours shaping contemporary geo-politics. This is required reading for our fraught political times.' - Jasmin Zine, Professor of Sociology and Muslim Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University

You can purchase the book from the link here - https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/islamophobia-and-radicalisation/ - and this code gives you 25 per cent off, ABBAS25


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Professor Tahir Abbas PhD FRSA<http://tahirabbas.co.uk>, Assistant Professor, Leiden University in The Hague

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