Racism Is Not An Opinion
Muslim Responses to Pegida and Islamophobia in Germany
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7785242 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karolin Machtans (Connecticut College [email protected], corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 87-100 |
| Publication date | 2016-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | German Politics & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1045-0300 • E-ISSN: 1558-5441 |
| Publisher | Berghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3167/gps.2016.340406 |
| OpenAlex | W2560591200 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
Islamic organizations in Germany find themselves in a dilemma. On the one hand, they feel the need to take a public stance on the acts of violence committed by Muslim terrorists worldwide. On the other hand, they also feel the need to speak up against the growing Islamophobia in Germany, propagated by movements such as Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the Occident (Pegida). As Islamic organizations in Germany band together, they appear to the German public as a homogeneous group unified by religious and ethnic affiliation, not recognized in their diversity. Hence, the external pressure exerted by German populists and sensationalist media that foment Islamophobia creates the risk of inadvertently reinforcing what one seeks to combat: namely, the stereotype of a monolithic and static entity that Muslims in Germany do not in fact represent. Moreover, the perceived need to speak with one voice might silence necessary debates among the different Islamic associations in Germany
German · Immigration · Islam · Islamization · Islamophobia · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Public opinion · Racism · Sociology · Xenophobia · Gender Studies · German legal, social, and political studies · History · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Religion, Theology, and Education
| Citations per year | 0.63 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2021 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |