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| History and Context | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Images of Islam in Europe | |
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| Early Contact with Islam | |
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| Al-Andalus and Muslim Rule in Europe | |
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| The Crusades and the Reconquista | |
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| From Polemic to Indifference | |
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| The Ottomans | |
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| Romanticism and the Enlightenment | |
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| Colonialism and Orientalism | |
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| Napoleon and "Enlightened" Colonialism | |
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| The Characteristics of Orientalism | |
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| American Imperialism | |
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| The Persistence of Orientalist Myths | |
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| Myth One: Islam Is a Monolithic Religion | |
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| Myth Two: Islam Is a Uniquely Sexist Religion | |
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| Myth Three: The "Muslim Mind" Is Incapable of Reason and Rationality | |
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| Myth Four: Islam Is an Inherently Violent Religion | |
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| Myth Five: Muslims Are Incapable of Democracy and Self-Rule | |
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| Political Islam and US Policy | |
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| Allies and Enemies: The United States and Political Islam | |
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| Islam and Modernization | |
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| Saudi Arabia and the King of Islam | |
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| Iran and Afghanistan: Irrational Mullahs and Freedom Fighters Israel's Enemies | |
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| Islamists and the Post-Cold War Era | |
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| The Separation of Mosque and State | |
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| Orientalist Myths | |
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| The De Facto Separation of Religion and Politics | |
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| Modernization and Secularization | |
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| The Failures of Islamic Revivalism | |
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| Radical Secular Nationalism | |
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| Political Islam: A Historical Analysis | |
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| What Is Political Islam? | |
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| The Growth of Political Islam | |
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| Political Islam: Mixed Fortunes | |
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| Political Islam in an Anti-Imperialist Framework | |
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| The Foreign Policy Establishment and the "Islamic Threat" | |
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| The Neocons | |
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| The Israel Connection | |
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| Humanitarian Imperialism | |
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| September 11 and the Bush Doctrine | |
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| Obama and Liberal Imperialism | |
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| Islamophobia and Domestic Politics | |
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| Legalizing Racism: Muslims and the Attack on Civil Liberties | |
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| Terrorizing Arabs and Muslims | |
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| Surveillance, Detention, and Deportation | |
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| Preemptive Prosecution | |
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| The Terrorism Spectacle | |
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| Theories of Radicalization | |
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| Green Scare: The Making of the Domestic Muslim Enemy | |
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| Manufacturing the Green Scare | |
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| The "Ground Zero Mosque" Controversy | |
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| The Rise of the Islamophobic Network | |
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| Islamophobia and the New McCarthyism | |
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| The New McCarthyites | |
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| "Education" and Media Propaganda | |
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| Mainstream and Liberal Enablers | |
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| Systemic Racism | |
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| Conclusion: Fighting Islamophobia | |
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| List of Acronyms | |
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| Notes | |
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| Index | |