A leadership model affirming difference can counter civilization-based framing of Muslims

Evidence

Ardern’s model of leadership did not espouse religion as a marker of divided worldviews or distinct civilizations, but instead embraced difference, as reflected in the words of Black feminist Audre Lorde, who wrote in Our Dead behind Us, “It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.” — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 1044

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• XREF: connects to: Emphasizing essential cultural difference feeds the clash-of-civilizations frame — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 256