The Rise of Islamophobia in America

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Our guest is Rozina Ali, a contributing writer at The New York Times Magazine and the author of the new book, just released this week, Seasons of Fury: Four Families and the Rise of Islamophobia in America.

We discuss:

Why anti-Muslim bigotry has become so prominent in America

The various ways American Muslims navigate Islamophobia

The different Islamophobic strategies employed against Zohran Mamdani and Abdul El-Sayed, and their different responses

Tensions between black and Muslim communities

The difficulty of building coalitions between Muslims and Jews, given powerful Jewish organizations’ support of Israel