With some American Hindus joining the public opposition to the so-called âGround Zero mosqueâ in New York, and their Canadian counterparts calling for restricted immigration, the politicization of North American Hindus is becoming increasingly aligned with the terms of the post-9/11 War on Terror. This discussion examines the relationship between the discourses of the War on Terror and processes of minoritization. I examine recent assertions of Hindu political interests in North America that invoke notions of terrorist threats to make public claims about Hindus as non-threatening âmodel minoritiesâ. Such claims draw not only on the War on Terrorâs familiar vocabulary of Orientalist tropes and âusâ vs âthemâ binaries, but also on the uneasy specter of âhomegrownâ or domestic terror threats, amplifying split processes of minoritization that seek to navigate increasingly anxious multiculturalisms.View full textDownload full textKeywordsmulticulturalism, Hinduism, minoritization, War on Terror, transnationalism, homegrown terrorismRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17449855.2012.678709
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