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Book: Muslim Identities

Chapter: 13. The Inconvenient Muslim: From Majority to Minority

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.43110

Blurb:

This final chapter examine the role of Muslims in the West, and how as a trope, “the Muslim” allows modern Western nation states to define itself and its values in light of this “other.” It explores Muslim bans, attempts to curtail immigration from Muslim countries, and laws passed to curtail the veil in public spaces.

Chapter Contributors

  • Aaron Hughes (aaron.hughes@rochester.edu - aaronhughes) 'University of Rochester'