Prejudice against Muslims has a long and complex history shaped over many centuries. In recent
decades discrimination violence and human rights abuses against Muslims have taken a
significant turn with rising reports and discussions of Islamophobia across the globe. However
as the authors of A Global Racial Enemy argue much of the conversation has missed the key
features of this increasingly insidious phenomenon. This original book puts race at the center
of the analysis exposing the global racialization of Muslims. With special attention paid to
the United States China India and the United Kingdom the authors examine both the unique
national contexts and - crucially - the shared characteristics of anti-Muslim racism. They
uncover how a range of counterterrorism policies from hyper-surveillance to racialized
policing and the ensuing representation of Islam have taken a decisive role in shaping social
life for Muslims and have worked across borders to justify and institutionalize an acceptable
state-sponsored face of racism. Ultimately A Global Racial Enemy argues that Islamophobia is a
symptom of a global and powerful form of twenty-first-century racism.
