America & Islam
soundbites, suicide bombs, and the road to Donald Trump
- ISBN: 9781350556362
- Editorial: Bloomsbury Academic
- Fecha de la edición: 2026
- Lugar de la edición: London. Reino Unido
- Encuadernación: Rústica
- Medidas: 23 cm
- Nº Pág.: 400
- Idiomas: Inglés
FINALIST, RELIGION NEWS ASSOCIATION "EXCELLENCE IN RELIGION REPORTING" BOOK AWARD
Donald Trump's weaponization of Islamophobia in his first campaign for U.S. president shocked the world. Yet his promise to end the Gaza war rallied many American Muslims to his side in the 2024 election. Here, acclaimed journalist Lawrence Pintak argues that Trump is a symptom of America's fractious and contradictory relationship with Islam that stretches back centuries.
Featuring unique interviews with victims and perpetrators of Trump's policies, as well as analysis of the media's role in inflaming debate, America & Islam provides a complete guide to the twin challenges of terrorism and the polarizing rhetoric that fuels it, sketching out a future based on co-operation and the reassertion of democratic values.
Section I: Politics
The Muslim Bogeyman 9
Chapter 1: Media Codependence 11
Chapter 2: Prisoners of The Long War 31
Chapter 3: The American Taliban 47
Chapter 4: Cogitative Dissonance 53
Chapter 5: The Morning After 59
Section II: (Mis)Perceptions
Separating Fact from Fiction 71
Chapter 6: Not All Islamists Want Your Head 73
Chapter 7: The Myth of the Muslim Monolith 81
Chapter 8: How the West Created Radical Islam 101
Chapter 9: The Islamic States of America 123
Section III: Policies. Seeing Black & White in a Sea of Gray 141
Chapter 10: Brotherhood of the Orb 143
Chapter 11: The Wahhabi Project 153
Chapter 12: Tempest in the Gulf 165
Chapter 13: Between Iran and a Hard Place 173
Chapter 14: Return of the Ottomans 183
Section IV: Prospects
Islam Beyond Trump 189
Chapter 15: The Prince 191
Chapter 16: The Americanization of Islam 199
Chapter 17: Voices of Reason 211
Chapter 18: Islam Un Trumped 219
Postscript 231
