Neither denunciation nor privatized tolerance can build interfaith political respect.
Evidence
Denouncing the crude bigotry of Islamophobes will not produce a political culture of this kind; neither will polite acceptance of Muslims based on the privatization of their religious and cultural differences. Instead, a politics of mutual respect must be anchored in the realization that Muslims and non-Muslims do not live in separate worlds, in self-constituting and clashing civilizations. Increasingly, we all live in overlapping zones of interaction. — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 719 (
#corroborates, via linked claim)
Denouncing the crude bigotry of Islamophobes will not produce a political culture of this kind; neither will polite acceptance of Muslims based on the privatization of their religious and cultural differences. Instead, a politics of mutual respect must be anchored in the realization that Muslims and non-Muslims do not live in separate worlds, in self-constituting and clashing civilizations. Increasingly, we all live in overlapping zones of interaction. This overlap will create new identities—secular, religious, national, regional, and ethnoracial—that are endlessly contested, and are worth contesting, because they are shared. — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 719 (
#exemplifies, via linked claim)
Categorization
Category: Contrarian or Surprising Claims
Related
- Neither denouncing bigotry nor privatizing Muslim difference achieves mutual respect. (similarity 0.92)
- Islamophobia grows from convergence and proximity, not from cultural separation or polarization. (similarity 0.81)
- Anti-Muslim sentiment operates independently of local political ideology (similarity 0.79)
- Islamophobia is increasingly theorized as a form of racism rather than mere religious prejudice (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- Neither denunciation nor privatized acceptance can create a politics of mutual respect
#corroborates(0.90) — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 719 - Neither denunciation nor privatized tolerance can create genuine Muslim-non-Muslim respect
#exemplifies(0.85) — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 719