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Condemning Donald Trump is not enough: The genealogy of demagoguery and Islamophobia

Elsadig Elsheikh, director, global justice program, Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society | December 18, 2015

In a widely circulated article in the Atlantic Monthly from 1990, Bernard Lewis wrote about what he perceived as the “The Roots of Muslim Rage,” offering an analysis of the conflicting relationship between “Islam” and the “West.” Lewis wrote “we are facing a mood and a movement far transcending the level of issues and policies … Continue reading »