Eurabia-style narratives of cultural pollution predate al-Qaida and the war on terror.

Evidence

There is no doubt that the attacks in New York, Madrid, London and elsewhere have helped to foster a climate in which Eurabian fantasies can flourish but these interwoven narratives of cultural, racial and theological pollution have antecedents in western discourse that existed long before al-Qaida and the war on terror. — Matt Carr, You Are Now Entering Eurabia, 85

Categorization

  • XREF: Connects to histories of orientalist and racial-pollution discourse, e.g. Said’s Orientalism.
  • SEED: Angle: ‘The Long Prehistory of Eurabia’ — showing how far-right demographic panic recycles 19th-century tropes.