Muslims in global politics: identities, interests, and human rights

What is it about?

The global world order that has emerged after September 11, 2001, has for many reaffirmed the clash of civilizations thesis. The war on terrorism is seen as a war between Islam and the West, with an indispensable view of Muslim identity that intermingle it with Islamic terrorism. The question of how the West should respond to this threat has come to dominate global politics. In Western discourse, this terrorism is often framed as resistance to Western values and norms. Hence, prescriptions for dealing with the challenge of global jihadists have included not only military responses but also a campaign for "winning the hearts and minds of Muslims" that usually takes the form of initiatives to introduce "Western" secular and liberal democratic values and human rights norms to Muslim populations (p. viii). Meanwhile, the global jihadist framework is a mirror image of Western perceptions of threat and destruction, and calls for defensive action by Muslims united as a community of faith that condones violence.

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