Erasing Muslims from the “West”: Islamophobic campaigns across Europe and the US

Mobashra Tazamal, The Bridge Initiative, Erasing Muslims from the “West”: Islamophobic campaigns across Europe and the US, 14 Feb 2018 "The growing nativist, far right, and white nationalist movements in Europe and the United States have utilized existing racism, xenophobia, and Islamophobia to garner support for their discriminatory policies. The election of Donald Trump, whose campaign capitalized on Islamophobia and racism, has emboldened ethno-nationalist movements in Europe and the United States. Exclusionary rhetoric has grown amongst political parties who seek to capitalize on growing anti-immigrant and anti-refugee sentiment. While the movements have manifested in different ways in the two geographic locations, the central message is creating an us versus them dichotomy and refusal to see Muslims as a part of European and American society."