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Islam and the politics of enchantment

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ID2267312
AuthorsGregory Starrett (0000-0002-4042-5885, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume15
Issues1
Publication date2009-05-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1359-0987 • E-ISSN: 1467-9655
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-9655.2009.01551.x
OpenAlexW2050184160
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited34

The North American public sphere is suffused with claims and counter-claims about the relationship between Islam and violence. Schools and publishers have responded with training programmes for teachers and curriculum units for students introducing them to the Middle East and its dominant religious tradition. Such programmes are often accused by local parents and national intellectuals of pandering to Muslim sensitivities by whitewashing distasteful historical events and even proselytizing young people. Focusing on a 2002 lawsuit filed against California's Byron Union School District, by parents upset by a classroom role-playing exercise on Islam, this paper argues that political fears about terrorist infiltration into US society are building on powerful emotional and cultural concerns about the nature of ritual and the spiritual safety of children exposed to information about other religions. By encouraging public education as a response to political and cultural tensions, educators may in fact be heightening the public's concerns about Islam as a comprehensive threat.RésuméDans la sphère publique nord-américaine, on entend dire tout et son contraire à propos de la relation entre l'islam et la violence. En réponse, les écoles et les éditeurs ont produit des programmes de formation des enseignants et des unités d'enseignement présentant le Moyen Orient et sa tradition religieuse dominante. Les parents, au niveau local, et les intellectuels au niveau national accusent souvent ces programmes de flatter la susceptibilité musulmane en occultant les événements historiques déplaisants, et même de faire du prosélytisme auprès des jeunes. En se concentrant sur un procès intenté en 2002 au district scolaire de Byron Union en Californie par des parents troublés par un jeu de rôles en classe sur le thème de l'islam, l'auteur affirme que les craintes politiques d'infiltration terroriste dans la société américaine s'enracinent dans de puissantes inquiétudes émotionnelles et culturelles relatives à la nature du rituel et à la sécurité spirituelle des enfants exposés à des informations sur d'autres religions. En encourageant la sensibilisation publique en réponse aux tensions politiques et culturelles, les éducateurs pourraient en réalité attiser les craintes d'une opinion publique qui perçoit dans l'islam une menace omniprésente

Art · Ethnology · Humanities · Islam · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Terrorism · Theology · Education and Islamic Studies · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Philosophy · Religion, Society, and Development · Religious studies · Religious Studies

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