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POSTCOLONIAL ISLAMOPHOBIA AND IMMIGRANT CRISIS IN KHAIR’S JIHADI JANE
Abstract
Islamophobia is frequently encountered as an inevitable reality in today's political and social life. Especially, Islamophobia-based hate crimes witnessed in the media deeply affect Muslim immigrants living in Western society and even lead them to be seen as potential terrorists. In particular, it can be easily said that the relationship between the West and Islam bears the traces of colonialism. The clear similarities between Western imperialism and radical Islam testify to this common legacy. This post-colonial Islamophobia affects immigrants as mentioned above, but the real blow strikes Muslim women immigrants. In Western society, the dress of Islam for women attracts enough attention and Muslim women are mostly targeted by hate crimes because they cannot integrate into society in this way. This situation accelerates the process of exclusion and marginalization of Muslim women immigrants and strengthens the hand of radical Islamic terrorist organizations in recruiting militants. This is one of the biggest obstacles to the creation of a multicultural environment, a source of problems stemming from Western imperialism and radical Islam. At this point, the works and discourses of Muslim-origin authors are of great importance in terms of digging into the depths of this problem and finding solutions. The works of these authors, who address immigration issues as an insider and identify the root sources of the problem, have the potential to play a key role in overcoming today's political and social impasse.
In this context, the aim of this study is to put the reality of Islamophobia in Western society on a theoretical ground, to clarify the colonial connection of this fear and to discuss the problem with quotations and examples from Tabish Khair's novel Jihadi Jane.
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Primary Language
English
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Research Article
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Publication Date
June 12, 2021
Submission Date
April 4, 2021
Acceptance Date
May 28, 2021
Published in Issue
Year 2021 Number: 7
APA
Büyükgebiz, M. (2021). POSTCOLONIAL ISLAMOPHOBIA AND IMMIGRANT CRISIS IN KHAIR’S JIHADI JANE. Toplum Ve Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi, 7, 132-144. https://doi.org/10.48131/jscs.909499
AMA
1.Büyükgebiz M. POSTCOLONIAL ISLAMOPHOBIA AND IMMIGRANT CRISIS IN KHAIR’S JIHADI JANE. J-SCS. 2021;(7):132-144. doi:10.48131/jscs.909499
Chicago
Büyükgebiz, Mustafa. 2021. “POSTCOLONIAL ISLAMOPHOBIA AND IMMIGRANT CRISIS IN KHAIR’S JIHADI JANE”. Toplum Ve Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi, nos. 7: 132-44. https://doi.org/10.48131/jscs.909499.
EndNote
Büyükgebiz M (June 1, 2021) POSTCOLONIAL ISLAMOPHOBIA AND IMMIGRANT CRISIS IN KHAIR’S JIHADI JANE. Toplum ve Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi 7 132–144.
IEEE
[1]M. Büyükgebiz, “POSTCOLONIAL ISLAMOPHOBIA AND IMMIGRANT CRISIS IN KHAIR’S JIHADI JANE”, J-SCS, no. 7, pp. 132–144, June 2021, doi: 10.48131/jscs.909499.
ISNAD
Büyükgebiz, Mustafa. “POSTCOLONIAL ISLAMOPHOBIA AND IMMIGRANT CRISIS IN KHAIR’S JIHADI JANE”. Toplum ve Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi. 7 (June 1, 2021): 132-144. https://doi.org/10.48131/jscs.909499.
JAMA
1.Büyükgebiz M. POSTCOLONIAL ISLAMOPHOBIA AND IMMIGRANT CRISIS IN KHAIR’S JIHADI JANE. J-SCS. 2021;:132–144.
MLA
Büyükgebiz, Mustafa. “POSTCOLONIAL ISLAMOPHOBIA AND IMMIGRANT CRISIS IN KHAIR’S JIHADI JANE”. Toplum Ve Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi, no. 7, June 2021, pp. 132-44, doi:10.48131/jscs.909499.
Vancouver
1.Mustafa Büyükgebiz. POSTCOLONIAL ISLAMOPHOBIA AND IMMIGRANT CRISIS IN KHAIR’S JIHADI JANE. J-SCS. 2021 Jun. 1;(7):132-44. doi:10.48131/jscs.909499