The Impact of the Neoconservative Structure on American Muslims and Islamophobia

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1 Corresponding author:Associate Professor, Department of International Relations, Faculty of Humanities, Tarbiat University, Tehran, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Islamic Education, Unit of Shahid Qasem Soleimani, (Kerman)Islamic Azad University, Kerman, Iran

3 University of Political Science (Political Thought), Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

Abstract

Most Muslims in the United States suffer from discrimination and injustice in society and the political system of this country and consider it as a phenomenon of Islamophobia. Islamophobia against Muslims in the United States is a structural phenomenon based on ideological and institutional teachings. So in this article, we will try to answer the questions: How have anti-Islamic structures and institutions in the United States been influenced by neoconservative thinking? And how do Islamophobic ideologies fuel the spread of Islamophobia in this country? And what are the consequences of this anti-Islamic vision at the level of the American political system against American Muslims? After analyzing the situation of Muslims in the United States, we believe that the main ideological doctrine of discrimination against Muslims and other minorities in the United States is the neoconservative cultural, political, social, and economic system. The main fruit of this system is the production of inequality. Therefore, within this system, equality of Muslims with political elites and capitalists is difficult, and the main function of the political system is to maintain this inequality. That is why anti-Islamic capitalist institutions and structures have spread Islamophobia by funding the political system, one of the most important consequences of which is to create bottlenecks in the social, legal and religious life of Muslims in the United States. The theoretical framework of this paper is based on thought neoconservatism and the research method has a descriptive and analytical approach and the method of data collection is based on the library and reliable internet resources.

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  • Receive Date: 08 August 2021
  • Revise Date: 05 December 2021
  • Accept Date: 25 January 2022

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