'Islamophobia, a Political Project' Used by Rightwing to Win Elections, Leading Berkeley Academic Says
Representation of Islamophobia (AFP/File Photo)
Right-wing politicians are using Islamophobia to win elections, according to a leading scholar on the issue.
“Islamophobia both in Europe and the U.S. is being used as a political project that is connected to the right wing and possibly by discredited political elites who are using the demonizing of Muslims to win elections,†Dr. Hatem Bazian of the University of California-Berkeley said on Sunday.
Bazian, who is also a weekly columnist for the Istanbul-based English language newspaper Daily Sabah, is in Istanbul to take part in a three-day conference on Islamophobia at Sabahattin Zaim University.
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It might figure, a Berkeley professor would have it backwards. Looked familiar, thought I'd post it.
