Kenneth Long provides a particularly timely and badly needed treatment of the sources and consequences of anti-Muslim attitudes and politics in contemporary times. His compact and yet wide-ranging and well-argued book focuses not on Islamophobia, but rather on what he convincingly shows is the 'enemy-ization' of Muslims more generally—those who are, are considered to be, or are thought to be Muslim.

Michael Clancy, University of Hartford

Ken Long's new book is most timely. A thoughtful intervention in the debate about Islamophobia today, it offers poignant contrasts with the Anti-Semitism that swept across Europe under Nazism. Highlighting the pernicious role of stereotypes in prejudicial thinking, it should give us all pause about emerging threats to universalism, multiculturalism and liberal democracy. Reading this book fortifies us against the challenges that are emerging now.

Sanford Schram, Hunter College

Thought-provoking and passionate, Long’s book is a welcome contribution from the perspective of political science to the study of anti-Muslim rhetoric and policies in the United States and in Europe.

Jonas Svensson, Linnaeus University