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POSTCOLONIAL ISLAMOPHOBIA AND IMMIGRANT CRISIS IN KHAIR’S JIHADI JANE

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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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Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

12 Haziran 2021

Gönderilme Tarihi

4 Nisan 2021

Kabul Tarihi

28 Mayıs 2021

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2021 Sayı: 7

Kaynak Göster

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