Over forty years ago, the late Palestinian academic Edward Said once wrote of Islamophobia that, “I have not been able to discover any period in European or American history since the Middle Ages in which Islam was generally discussed or thought about outside a framework created by passion, prejudice and political interests.” … We are surrounded by evidence that Professor Said’s statement still remains true today.

XREF: Connects to Edward Said's Orientalism and broader postcolonial critique of Western representation of the East.

XREF: Connects to Said's Orientalism and ongoing debates about Western media representation of Islam.

Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Gl…, loc. 699