Islamophobia and the politics of empire will be indispensable to anyone wanting to understand one of the most persistent forms of racism in the us and europe kumar demonstrates that islamophobic myths did not arise spontaneously after the end of the cold war but are rooted in centuries of conquest and colonialism from the crusades to the war on terror arguing with precision and clarity she shows how these myths have been systematically circulated by liberals as much as conservatives . Islamophobia and the politics of empire by deepa kumar 391 rating details 239 ratings 29 reviews in response to the events of 9 11 the bush administration launched a war on terror ushering in an era of anti muslim racism or islamophobia however 9 11 did not create the image of the muslim enemy. About islamophobia and the politics of empire a critically acclaimed analysis of anti muslim racism from the crusades to 9 11 in a fully revised second edition in this incisive account acclaimed scholar deepa kumar sketches the rise of the muslim enemy in the western mind from the crusades of the eleventh century to the islamophobia of the war on terror in the twentieth and . Islamophobia and the politics of empire deepa kumar haymarket books 2012 political science 238 pages 0 reviews in response to the events of 9 11 the bush administration launched a war on