We are all Moors [[electronic resource] ] : ending centuries of crusades against Muslims and other minorities / / Anouar Majid

• Autore: Majid Anouar <1960->
• Pubblicazione: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (245 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.6/97
• Soggetto topico: Christianity and other religions - Islam - History; Christianity and other religions - Judaism - History; Islam - Relations - Christianity; Judaism - Relations - Christianity; Muslims - America - History; Jews - Islamic countries - History
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-202) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: specters of the Moor -- Pious cruelty -- New world Moors -- Muslim Jews -- Undesirable aliens: Hispanics in America, Muslims in Europe -- Conclusion: we are all Moors.
• Sommario/riassunto: In 1609 King Philip III ordered the expulsion of all Moriscos-Spaniards of Muslim descent-from Spain in an ongoing attempt to establish a homogeneous state and remove the last vestiges of Islam from his nation. Four centuries later, Spain and Europe are once again outraged by the presence of Islam within their borders, and, for many, the millions of Muslim immigrants now living there pose a fundamental challenge to European identity. Across the Atlantic Ocean, the vast Hispanic community in the United States, both legal and illegal, has raised similar fears. Exacerbated by globalization and 9/
• Titolo autorizzato: We are all Moors
• ISBN: 0-8166-6812-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910456612503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II