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The Eurabia Doctrine

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This chapter explores the Eurabia CT, the fear of an Islamist takeover of Europe. This suspicion of subversion in Europe has been promoted by many movements of right-wing populists, for example, by nurturing the myth that migrants—especially Muslims—were taking over our national soil and heritage. The chapter starts with a brief look at migration in recent years and the general nature of anti-Muslim CTs before discussing a selection of three specific cases. First, Bergmann picks up the discussion from the previous chapter around Brexit in the UK, here focusing on the anti-Muslim and anti-Immigrant rhetoric in the campaign. Next, he discusses the anti-Muslim politics of Donald Trump in America, and also the neo-Nazi protests in Charlottesville in 2017. Lastly, he provides a more detailed analysis into anti-Muslim discourse across the Nordic countries.

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Bergmann, E. (2018). The Eurabia Doctrine. In: Conspiracy & Populism. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90359-0_6

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