Gender and Islamophobia

What is anti-Muslim racism? How does considering gender make anti-Muslim racism more visible? 1. According to Hammer, what is anti-Muslim racism? 2. According to Hammer, how does considering gender make anti-Muslim racism more visible? 3. According to Elia, what is ant-Muslim racism?  4. According to Elia, how does considering gender make anti-Muslim racism more visible?  5. Discuss one example from the reading that illustrates how Muslim Americans are racialized. How does the example help us understand anti-Muslim racism? Passages to read and reflect on before submitting this forum post:  Juliane Hammer’s “(Muslim) Women’s Bodies, Islamophobia, and American Politics.”  “Taken together, these few items of discussion, selected for their merit in demonstrating the breadth of the ways in which Muslim women’s bodies are at the center of one dimension of Islamophobic discourse, point to the fact that American Muslims indiscriminately and collectively are perceived as foreign, as a fifth column for terrorists, and as a threat to the United States. Women’s bodies, especially those who visibly identify as Muslim through hijab bear the brunt of a particular kind of visual profiling that can result in verbal assaults, hate crimes, exclusion, as well as in increased surveillance of their communities and insults to their religion. But Muslim women also become victims of broader fears over shifting race relations, perceptions of racial discrimination, and a very specific fear of non-white minorities. Women birth the children of these minority communities and thus their bodies are directly linked to shifting demographic balances as well as the bogus link to terrorism for Muslims specifically. (32)  “The role of gender as a category of analysis should not be limited to Muslim women’s bodies or, for that matter, Muslim women at all. In the broader picture it should always be supplemented by rigorous and critical inclusion of how Islamophobia directed against Muslim men is, of course, gendered as well. Most obviously, the construction of violent and threatening Muslim men is routinely complemented by the representation of Muslim women as oppressed and silenced by said men. In other words, the gendered representations of Muslim women and men are but two sides of the same coin, and as such they have become part of the same register of tools for generating Islamophobia.” (29)  Nada Elia’s “Islamophobia and the “Privileging” of Arab American Women”  “After all the embrace of plurality had to stop somewhere, and the lines have historically been drawn most clearly with regards to religion. The confluence of church and state, with the presidential worldview today embracing Christianity and Zionism, is a lethal mix for Arabs and Arab Americans, who are perceived as the quintessential enemy. And as Americans speak today of “the clash of civilizations,” the foremost “us and them” binary that comes to their minds is NOT East and West, North and South, capitalism and communism, rich and poor, but Christianity and Islam…As it predates 9/11, this rejection cannot be attributed to the trauma of the terrorist attacks, and is quite clearly based in religious intolerance, the assumption that Arabs are irrevocably “other” because they are Muslim, aliens in this Judeo-Christian culture.” (155-156)  “The failure to identify racism and religious intolerance as a major social wrong in the United States – despite the country’s very long history of institutionalized discrimination grounded in these oppressive systems – closely parallels mainstream Western feminism’s failure to identify many Arab women’s oppressors in their home countries. For these women are veiled, and isn’t the veil the region’s greatest evil? Thus, many “progressive feminists” fail to acknowledge that Palestinian women’s freedom of movement, their freedom to vote, to obtain an education and access to health care, and the basic right to have a roof over their heads in their own historic homeland, is denied them not by Arab men, but by the brutal Israeli occupier, very generously backed by American tax dollars…Additionally, one could argue that the Arab regimes most oppressive of women, such as in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, would not stay in power were it not for their close ties with the American government. And while Arab men must certainly be held accountable for their treatment of Arab women, one must also keep in mind that Arab women are ultimately victimized by the United States and Israel that have very real adverse effects on their everyday lives, and that “Arab women’s liberation” (from Arab patriarchy) would be moot in the political context of an ongoing brutal occupation or tyranny kept in place by the West.” (157)

Struggling to find relevant content? Order a custom essay on
Gender and Islamophobia
Let our experts save you the hassle
Order Now
Calculate the price
Make an order in advance and get the best price
Pages (550 words)
$0.00
*Price with a welcome 15% discount applied.
Pro tip: If you want to save more money and pay the lowest price, you need to set a more extended deadline.
We know how difficult it is to be a student these days. That's why our prices are one of the most affordable on the market, and there are no hidden fees.

Instead, we offer bonuses, discounts, and free services to make your experience outstanding.
Sign up, place your order, and leave the rest to our professional paper writers in less than 2 minutes.
step 1
Upload assignment instructions
Fill out the order form and provide paper details. You can even attach screenshots or add additional instructions later. If something is not clear or missing, the writer will contact you for clarification.
s
Get personalized services with GPA Fix
One writer for all your papers
You can select one writer for all your papers. This option enhances the consistency in the quality of your assignments. Select your preferred writer from the list of writers who have handledf your previous assignments
Same paper from different writers
Are you ordering the same assignment for a friend? You can get the same paper from different writers. The goal is to produce 100% unique and original papers
Copy of sources used
Our homework writers will provide you with copies of sources used on your request. Just add the option when plaing your order
What our partners say about us
We appreciate every review and are always looking for ways to grow. See what other students think about our do my paper service.
Other
GOOD
Customer 452813, July 5th, 2022
Nursing
Thank you to the writer and also thank you to the support team I got an A for the paper
Customer 452635, June 17th, 2022
Human Resources Management (HRM)
Thank you.
Customer 452701, April 24th, 2023
Medicine
Great job! Thank you.
Customer 452707, May 29th, 2022
Human Resources Management (HRM)
Thanks for the paper. Hopefully this one will receive higher than a C and has followed all guidelines.
Customer 452701, November 16th, 2022
Social Work and Human Services
Excellent Work!
Customer 452587, July 28th, 2021
Human Resources Management (HRM)
You did an awesome job with this paper. Thanks for the prompt delivery.
Customer 452701, October 24th, 2023
Criminal Justice
always great!
Customer 452465, February 23rd, 2021
Nursing
Always perfect!!! Don is the best!
Customer 452453, July 27th, 2021
Social Work and Human Services
Thank You! Great Work!
Customer 452587, September 14th, 2021
Nursing
Perfectly done! Thanks again.
Customer 452707, July 18th, 2022
IT, Web
Excellent job on the paper!
Customer 452885, December 28th, 2022
OUR GIFT TO YOU
15% OFF your first order
Use a coupon FIRST15 and enjoy expert help with any task at the most affordable price.
Claim my 15% OFF Order in Chat

Good News ! We now help with PROCTORED EXAM. Chat with a support agent for more information