"I'm a Muslim . What's Wrong with That?": Representational Interventions in Islamophobia at the Muhammad Ali Center

This article examines the role of the Muhammad Ali Center, in Louisville, Kentucky, as a significant site for challenging Islamophobia. The article focuses on how representational interventions and programmatic initiatives disrupt intensifications of anti-Black, anti-immigrant, and anti-Islamic sent...

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Published in:Journal of Africana religions
Subtitles:Roundtable Africana Perspectives on Islamophobia
Main Author: McCormack, Michael Brandon (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: The Pennsylvania State University Press [2019]
In: Journal of Africana religions
Year: 2019, Volume: 7, Issue: 1, Pages: 152-163
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Muhammad Ali Center / Racism / Islamophobia / Counter movement (Sociology) / Feminism
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AH Religious education
BJ Islam
KBQ North America
NBE Anthropology
NCC Social ethics
NCD Political ethics
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Summary:This article examines the role of the Muhammad Ali Center, in Louisville, Kentucky, as a significant site for challenging Islamophobia. The article focuses on how representational interventions and programmatic initiatives disrupt intensifications of anti-Black, anti-immigrant, and anti-Islamic sentiments in public discourses while fostering an alternative, inclusive vision of human flourishing.
ISSN:2165-5413
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of Africana religions