Islamophobia: Making Muslims the Enemy is the title of a book authored by Peter Gottschalk and Gabriel Greenberg. This new publication looks at anxieties that westerners face when having to relate themselves to Islam and Muslims:
"In their new book, Islamophobia: Making Muslims the Enemy, coauthors Peter Gottschalk and Gabriel Greenberg explore a largely unexamined phenomenon – the "deeply ingrained anxiety" some Westerners, and especially Americans, experience when considering Islam and Muslim cultures. Peter Gottschalk, professor of religion at Wesleyan University in Connecticut and the author of Beyond Hindu and Muslim, says that in times of crisis, such as the 1979 Iranian hostage situation or the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington, the long-simmering resentments and suspicions “inherited along with a European Christian heritage, manifest themselves.” Professor Gottschalk and his former student Gabriel Greenberg explore those anxieties through the political cartoon, the print medium with the most immediate impact. ....
...Professor Gottschalk and Mr. Greenberg say it is also important for leaders to use "less general and more nuanced language." Instead of talking about “the Muslim world,” which comprises more than a billion people spread across the globe, one could be more specific and talk about certain people in country X. By contrast, in the United States, which is a majority "Christian country," there is whole spectrum of views about the intersection of "Christianity" with personal faith, social identity, or political positions on various public issues. Similarly, Professor Gottschalk explains, there are a variety of movements within Islam that may be "authoritarian, revival, or reform" in nature. And that, he says, is quite different from what some people call "Islamofacism," which tends to lump together the Taliban, terrorism, and the politics of a democratic country such as Turkey, thereby creating a "monolithic enemy." Gabriel Greenberg notes that the media have a responsibility to inform people and to create "mutual understanding" rather than to spread fear of the "other." So what individuals and groups need to cultivate instead is a sense of a "common humanity" rather than a contest of "us against them." (Source: VOA News)
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