Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia: Religio-Political Fault Lines in Secular Democracies

• المؤلف الرئيسي: Hedges, Paul
• مؤلفون آخرون: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• التنسيق: Commentary
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2016
• الموضوعات: Europe; Country and Region Studies; Global; Religion in Contemporary Society
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80562; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40691

Seemingly politically inspired and media-led Islamophobic allegations and accusations of anti-semitism marred the recent UK mayoral and local elections. This potentially sets a dangerous precedence for using religious allegations as political tools and must be checked. The implications are applicabl...