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American Islamophobia Understanding the Roots and Rise of Fear KHALED A. BEYDOUN university of california press PRAISE FOR AMERICAN ISLAMOPHOBIA “ Deftly pairing his deep legal expertise with a searching moral dialogue, Khaled A. Beydoun breaks down U.S. Islamophobia as the full-fl edged system that it is—one with a very specifi c history, but tightly linked to other forms of white supremacy. This book meets the moment, but it is also packed with staying power.” Naomi Klein, author of No Is Not Enough and This Changes Everything “ A triumphant act of moral restitution. Written with bravura fl air, academic authority, and panoramic scholarly panache, it declares the birth of an American Muslim intellectual who wholly claims the land and envisions a bold future for it.” Hamid Dabashi, author of Iran Without Borders: Towards a Critique of the Postcolonial Nation “ This is an urgent book for anyone seeking a comprehensive understanding of Islamophobia today.” Evelyn Alsultany, author of Arabs and Muslims in the Media: Race and Representation after 9/11 “ A highly readable, deeply personal, and fi ercely intellectual, lucid, and penetrating analysis of endemic social and structural Islamophobia throughout American history. This book is required reading for any thinking human being.” Khaled Abou El Fadl, Omar and Azmeralda Alfi Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law “P olitical commentary, intellectual history, legal exegesis, and autobiography, this book is a powerful and moving articulation of how Islamophobia has shaped and been shaped by U.S. democracy.” Devon W. Carbado, coauthor of Acting White? Rethinking Race in “Post-Racial” America and Harry Pregerson Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law Named in remembrance of the onetime Antioch Review editor and longtime Bay Area resident, the Lawrence Grauman, Jr. Fund supports books that address a wide range of human rights, free speech, and social justice issues. The publisher and the University of California Press Foundation gratefully acknowledge the generous support of the Lawrence Grauman, Jr. Fund. American Islamophobia American Islamophobia Understanding the Roots and Rise of Fear KHALED A. BEYDOUN university of california press
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