Islamophobic populism is spearheaded by strongmen like Modi and Trump worldwide

Evidence

In the aftermath of the Christchurch terror attacks, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern issued a refreshing and timely challenge to the Islamophobic populism spreading across the world, a populism spearheaded by strongmen like Narendra Modi and Donald Trump. In the world of sport, two Muslim athletes, Mohamed Salah and Khabib Nurmagomedov, have competed against Islamophobia and claimed victories in the minds and hearts of billions of fans. Finally, the chapter returns to the United States and follows the footsteps of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) Movement to learn from its transformative currents, which are reshaping America and the world. — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 78

Categorization

• XREF: Names Modi and Trump as co-leaders of the same global Islamophobic populism — a key cross-national linkage for the global-synthesis view; pairs with Iftikhar’s framing.