Muslim Identities - An Introduction to Islam Second Edition - Aaron W. Hughes
13. The Inconvenient Muslim: From Majority to Minority
Muslim Identities - An Introduction to Islam Second Edition - Aaron W. Hughes
Aaron W. Hughes [+]
University of Rochester
Aaron W. Hughes is the Dean’s Professor of the Humanities and the Philip S. Bernstein Professor in the Department of Religion and Classics at the University of Rochester. His research and publications focus on both Jewish philosophy and Islamic Studies. He has authored numerous books, including Situating Islam: The Past and Future of an Academic Discipline (Equinox, 2007); Theorizing Islam: Disciplinary Deconstruction and Reconstruction (Equinox, 2012); Muslim Identities: An Introduction to Islam (Columbia, 2012); and Abrahamic Religions: On the Uses and Abuses of History (Oxford, 2012). He currently serves as the editor of the journal Method and Theory in the Study of Religion.
Description
This final chapter examine the role of Muslims in the West, and how as a trope, “the Muslim” allows modern Western nation states to define itself and its values in light of this “other.” It explores Muslim bans, attempts to curtail immigration from Muslim countries, and laws passed to curtail the veil in public spaces.