Islam and the West: The Origin and Justification of the Phenomenon of Islamophobia Cover Image

Ислам и Запад: Порекло и оправданост феномена исламофобије
Islam and the West: The Origin and Justification of the Phenomenon of Islamophobia

Author(s): Vedran Golijanin
Subject(s): Islam studies, Comparative Studies of Religion, Politics and religion, Nationalism Studies, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Православни богословски факултет „Свети Василије Острошки“
Keywords: Islamophobia; Orientalism; Oriental studies; externalist school; internalist school; colonialism; racism; nationalism;

Summary/Abstract: In this paper, the author reviews primary arguments of externalist and internalist schools regarding the phenomenon of Islamophobia. Special emphasis was placed on the issue of compatibility of Islam and traditional Western Judeo-Christian values. Reviewing and criticizing the argument of both schools of thought, the author attempts to arrive at an objective viewpoint of Islamophobia, and at the same time to offer a solution in the form of Christian unconditional brotherly love.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 17
  • Page Range: 78-92
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Serbian