This brilliant text not only contributes to the sociology of Islam and the sociology of Islamophobia but also contributes to, and is an exemplar of, the sociology of knowledge. -- Jean Beaman * author of Citizen Outsider: Children of North African Immigrants in France * The scope of the study is breathtaking, as is its nuanced attention to particular events and controversies. . . . Islamophobia in France is an important contribution: comprehensive, engaging, and impressive in its erudition. -- Paul A. Silverstein * author of Postcolonial France: Race, Islam, and the Future of the Republic * In this authoritative study, Abdellali Hajjat and Marwan Mohammed provide a comprehensive, historically informed and methodologically rich account of contemporary Islamophobia in France. Working through theory and practice, this timely contribution is of vital importance and will become a reference point for students and teachers alike. -- Nasar Meer * coeditor in chief of Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power * Islamophobia in France is... an essential contribution to the field, providing a nuanced and insightful examination of the systemic nature of Islamophobia and its consequences on Muslim communities in France. -- Dilara Ozer * Politics Today * When we consider the importance of this bookparticularly at a time when the bloody conflict in Palestine/Gaza is growing worse dailyHajjat and Mohammed remind us of the extent to which Islamophobia has been woven into the day-to-day political discourse of Europe, France, the United States, and elsewhere, as the West perceives itself as under attack from the Muslim world. -- Valérie K. Orlando * H-France Review *
