Thinking Europe’s “Muslim Question”: On Trojan Horses and the Problematization of Muslims
Understanding the ways in which Muslims are turned into “a problem” requires an analytic incorporating the insights gained through the concepts of Islamophobia and anti-Muslim racism into a larger frame. The “Muslim Question” can provide such a frame by attending to the systematic character of this...
| Published in: | Critical research on religion |
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| Authors: | ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2022
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Critical research on religion
Year: 2022, Volume: 10, Issue: 2, Pages: 200-220 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Europe
/ Muslim
/ Immigration
/ Criticism
/ Trojan horse
/ Reproduction (Sociology)
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AF Geography of religion BJ Islam KBA Western Europe |
| Further subjects: | B
social reproduction theory
B Muslim Question B Biopower B Replacement B Governmentality B Racism |
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| Summary: | Understanding the ways in which Muslims are turned into “a problem” requires an analytic incorporating the insights gained through the concepts of Islamophobia and anti-Muslim racism into a larger frame. The “Muslim Question” can provide such a frame by attending to the systematic character of this form of racism, explored here through biopolitics. This article develops a conceptualization of Europe’s “Muslim Question” along three lines. First, the “Muslim Question” emerges as an accusation of being an “alien body” to the nation, often expressed through the Trojan horse legend. Second, the “Muslim Question” is elaborated through demands of integration and assimilation, in which the production of difference entangles with calls and measures to regulate Muslims. And third, the “Muslim Question” is brought to life upon the terrain of gender and sexuality, as the imaginary of threat at the heart of the “Muslim Question” is a replacement conspiracy centered on birthrates. |
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| ISSN: | 2050-3040 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Critical research on religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/20503032211044430 |