Resurgent Islam within European societies fuels the same fear in France as in Britain
Evidence
And as with the UK, the underlying issues surrounding the debates highlighted the fear of a revived and resurgent Islam, and the consequences – potential or otherwise – that this might have given that it was now seen to be within French society rather than existing in isolation outside it. — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 244
Categorization
- XREF: Connects to the book’s own earlier historiography of the Rushdie affair and the Iranian revolution, and to the ‘Islam vs West’ framing that later feeds Huntington and the Runnymede report. — connects to: A worldwide Muslim threat narrative came to frame British perceptions; France feared a shift from Arabisation to Islamisation of minorities — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 242; European Muslims’ lower class standing sharpens Islamophobia more than America’s — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 709 (+2 more)
Related
- France feared a shift from Arabisation to Islamisation of minorities (similarity 0.87)
- Post-2000 European Islamophobia emerged from terror, media, and the war on terror (similarity 0.86)
- Islamophobia gained massive discursive resonance in Europe within about a decade (similarity 0.85)
- France’s geographic proximity to Muslim lands makes its Islamophobia more layered (similarity 0.84)
- Islam’s public visibility in Europe challenges secular assumptions that govern public life (similarity 0.83)
- European Muslims’ lower class standing sharpens Islamophobia more than America’s (similarity 0.82)
- Class position mediates how severely US Islamophobia affects Muslims (similarity 0.81)
- Islam symbolized lasting trauma and danger, so its representation tamed it for Europe (similarity 0.81)
- A worldwide Muslim threat narrative came to frame British perceptions (similarity 0.81)
- European Islamophobia is deeper and more institutionally embedded than America’s. (similarity 0.80)
- European study of Islam originated in fear, not curiosity. (similarity 0.80)
- Perceived Muslim rejection of secularism eroded European faith in multiculturalism (similarity 0.80)
- European awareness of Islam stems from direct colonial and demographic experience (similarity 0.80)
- French Islamophobia is shaped by Islamic conquest history resting at the present’s doorstep. (similarity 0.80)
- European Islamophobia has moved from the far right into the political mainstream. (similarity 0.80)
Broader Connections
- Post-2000 European Islamophobia emerged from terror, media, and the war on terror
#expands(0.85) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 568 - Islam’s public visibility in Europe challenges secular assumptions that govern public life
#qualifies(0.75) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 342 - European Muslims’ lower class standing sharpens Islamophobia more than America’s
#complicates(0.72) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 709