Islamophobia and Islamic Radicalism

Running Head: ISLAMOPHOBIA - DO TWO WRONGS MAKE A RIGHT?
0
Islamopho
bia and
Islam
Radicalis
m
September 9
201
9 Student’s
Details

ISLAMOPHOBIA - DO TWO WRONGS MAKE A RIGHT?
1
“Islamophobia” and “Islamic radicalism”
Islamophobia and Islamic Radicalism both are different terms but connected with each
other. Islamophobia is typically fear, hate, or partiality against Muslims or Islamic
religion, especially when viewed as a source of terrorism or geopolitical force. On the
other side, Islamic radicalism is a process in which people perform terrorism and
violence in the name of region1. The following essay will highlight about the
Islamophobia and Islamic radicalism, justification of both terms and identify the problem
about labeling. The essay will also discuss that hard truth is reflected by these terms or
not.
Islamic Radicalism and Islamophobia both are exclusivist belief systems that endure or
flourish by accusing, criticizing and disdaining the additional and such extra exclusivist
philosophies do not happen in a vacuum. Social and political settings are considered as
the foundations of Radicalism and Islamophobia. Islamophobia as like other prejudicial
belief systems (such as bigotry, hostile to Semitisms and xenophobia) have profound
situated roots, and its reappearance goes back to the Country Iran’s unrest of 1979,
takeovers, prisoner hijackings, the 11 September assaults, what's more, more as of late
ISIS2. Notwithstanding these critical demonstrations of fear-mongering, far-right
gatherings, governmental issues and media are tended to as the assistant powers
fortifying and formalize Islamophobia in the Western countries. Some authors call
attention to profound the roots of Islamophobia and Islamic radicalization in
predisposition and separation, racism and prejudice. Political furthermore, financial
1 KamaruzamanYusoff, 'Islamic Radicalism in Malaysia: an overview', Procedia Social and Behavioral
Sciences, vol. 5, p. 2326-2331.
2 Riyad Hosain Rahimullah, Stephen Larmar and Mohamad Abdalla, 'Understanding Violent
Radicalization amongst Muslims: A Review of the Literature', Journal of Psychology and Behavioral
Science, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2013, p. 19-32

ISLAMOPHOBIA - DO TWO WRONGS MAKE A RIGHT?
2
causes ought to likewise be considered preceding talking about ideological inculcation.
Religion is recognized in such manner, not shows the reason yet as an apparatus for
authorizing accounts of underestimation while enrolling and activating devotees in the
world of Muslim and from the Western countries3.
On the other side, Western social orders are progressively diverse cultural and
multireligious, religious experts recommend governments of western countries embrace
an increasingly hearty approach of consideration and for a Muslim people group to
proceed with naturally mixing their religious and social personalities with Western
elements including citizenship and sound patriotism. It was recommended by the
experts that the brand of ISIS impacting the underestimated youth of the Muslims in the
Western side may be exposed if the inner breaks are fixed4.
Islamophobia works in Islamic radicalism conversation by its labeling, all people of
Muslim religion as fear-based oppressors or as probably psychological militants where
Muslims present in the political conversation is significant as far as seeing how Muslims
are situated inside any country’s national talk, enactment and the general conclusion.
The party-political inclination in contradiction of Muslims in the western areas is on the
ascent according to political separation of far-right. Their proud talk anti-Muslims and
Islamic are worry because of the legitimization of Muslims' slander in the socio- political
and open field. The association between psychological oppression and Muslims/Islam is
3 John L. Esposito, Islamophobia and Radicalization: Roots, Impact and Implications, London, Palgrave
Macmillan, 2018
4 Clara Egger and Raùl Magni Berton, 'The Role of Islamist Ideology in Shaping Muslims Believers’
Attitudes toward Terrorism: Evidence from Europe', Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, vol. 42, no. 11,
2018