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This is the authors' accepted manuscript of an article that has been published in its final definitive form by Taylor and Francis , 2019.
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Islamophobia often refers to systemic racism against Muslims and the lived experiences of discrimination against people who are perceived as Muslim. These forms of racism and discrimination have intensified in the last couple of decades, especially since the War on Terror. This introduction argues that Islamophobia is a spatialized process that occurs at different scales in Muslim-minority countries: globe, nation, urban, neighbourhood, body and emotion. First, we outline a genealogy of the term, Islamophobia. Second, we demonstrate the ways in which Islamophobia occurs at different scales and is connected between scales. Finally, we introduce the papers in the special issue to highlight our argument that Islamophobia is multi-scalar. We also show how the methodological contributions of the research within geographies of Islamophobia can impact policy-making and political organizing against Islamophobia.
Author(s): Najib K, Teeple Hopkins C
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Social and Cultural Geography
Year: 2019
Volume: 21
Issue: 4
Pages: 449-457
Online publication date: 16/12/2019
Acceptance date: 12/11/2019
Date deposited: 17/12/2019
ISSN (print): 1464-9365
ISSN (electronic): 1470-1197
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/14649365.2019.1705993
DOI: 10.1080/14649365.2019.1705993
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