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Khaled A. Beydoun, "The New Crusades: Islamophobia and the Global War on Muslims" (U California Press, 2023)
January 17, 2026·1 hr·5 clips
Khaled Beydoun explains how radicalization theory treats Muslims as potential terrorists, stripping them of basic liberties.
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A sharp conversation on Islamophobia, empire, and the afterlives of the war on terror.
Khaled Beydoun's conversation on New Books Network treats The New Crusades as a book about Islamophobia, the war on terror, and the longer history of American settler colonialism.
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You want a clear, historically grounded line from 9/11 into the war on terror, American empire, and liberal Islamophobia.
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