Islamophobia and the Politics of EmpireIn this incisive account, leading scholar of Islamophobia Deepa Kumar traces the history of anti Muslim racism from the early modern era to the War on Terror. Importantly, Kumar contends that Islamophobia is best understood as racism rather than as religious intolerance. An innovative analysis of anti Muslim racism and empire, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire argues that empire creates the conditions for anti Muslim racism, which in turn