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Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - "Tolerance, freedom, justice and peace?"
T2 - Britain, Australia and anti-muslim racism since 11 September 2001
AU - Mason, Victoria
AU - Poynting, Scott
N1 - RAE_import_type : Journal article RAE_uoa_type : Politics and International Studies
PY - 2006/11/1
Y1 - 2006/11/1
N2 - Since 11 September 2001, Muslim minorities have experienced intensive "othering" in "Western" countries, above all in those US-led anglophone nations which invaded Afghanistan and Iraq to prosecute their "war on terror". This paper examines the cases of Britain and Australia, where whole communities of Muslims have been criminalised as "evil" and a "fifth column" enemy within by media, politicians, the security services and the criminal justice system. Although constituted by disparate ethnic groups, the targeted communities in each of these nations have experienced similar treatment in the State's anti-terrorist measures, as well as ideological responses and everyday racism, making comparable the two cases.
AB - Since 11 September 2001, Muslim minorities have experienced intensive "othering" in "Western" countries, above all in those US-led anglophone nations which invaded Afghanistan and Iraq to prosecute their "war on terror". This paper examines the cases of Britain and Australia, where whole communities of Muslims have been criminalised as "evil" and a "fifth column" enemy within by media, politicians, the security services and the criminal justice system. Although constituted by disparate ethnic groups, the targeted communities in each of these nations have experienced similar treatment in the State's anti-terrorist measures, as well as ideological responses and everyday racism, making comparable the two cases.
KW - Muslims
KW - Islamophobia
KW - Australia
KW - United Kingdom
KW - 9/11
KW - Racism
U2 - 10.1080/07256860600934973
DO - 10.1080/07256860600934973
M3 - Journal article
VL - 27
SP - 365
EP - 391
JO - Journal of Intercultural Studies
JF - Journal of Intercultural Studies
SN - 0725-6868
IS - 4
ER -