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Enlightened fundamentalism? Immigration, feminism and the Right

Institute of Race Relations, IRR's European Race Audit

Anti-immigration, Islamophobic and extreme-Right parties have long been a feature of European politics. But, increasingly, the views and policies promulgated by such parties are being absorbed into a process of governmental policy and decision-making dictated by the ‘war on terror’. National security agendas overlap with the immigration control programmes of the far Right and integration measures imposed by governments reinforce Islamophobia. ‘Multiculturalism’ is seen as a threat to European values and even some feminists are being recruited to an anti-immigrant politics via aggressively promoted stereotypes of Islam.

Key Words: asylum • citizenship • clash of civilisations • Enlightenment • Eurabia • Hirsi Ali • integration • Islamophobia • Okin

Race & Class, Vol. 48, No. 2, 1-22 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/0306396806069519


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