Mitra Rastegar is clinical associate professor of liberal studies at New York University. Her work has been published in GLQ: Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, WSQ: Women’s Studies Quarterly, and International Feminist Journal of Politics.

"Through a brilliant analysis, Mitra Rastegar illuminates how the same standards that deem some Muslims worthy of tolerance can then be used against them. This is an urgently necessary book that will change our understanding of how inclusion operates in liberal societies." -Evelyn Alsultany, author of Arabs and Muslims in the Media: Race and Representation after 9/11"This brilliant research work authenticates the cultural racism of the U.S. which is obviously one major reason for the emergence of reactionary extremism and violence among the Muslim youth against the U.S. It is a highly recommended reading for understanding the mind of the West about the rest. " -The Muslim World Book Review

• ContentsIntroduction: Tolerance and Anti-Muslim Racism1. News Stories, Police Profiles, and Opinion Polls: Muslims as a Population of Risk2. From Reading Lolita to Reading Malala: Sympathy and Empowering Muslim Women3. “Iran, Stop Killing Gays”: Queer Identifications and Secular Distinctions4.Defamed and Defended: The Precarity of the “Moderate” Muslim Americans5. “Muslims Worth Saving”: The Syrian Refugee Crisis and HumanitarianismConclusionAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex

Mitra Rastegar is clinical associate professor of liberal studies at New York University. Her work has been published in GLQ: Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, WSQ: Women’s Studies Quarterly, and International Feminist Journal of Politics.

"Through a brilliant analysis, Mitra Rastegar illuminates how the same standards that deem some Muslims worthy of tolerance can then be used against them. This is an urgently necessary book that will change our understanding of how inclusion operates in liberal societies." -Evelyn Alsultany, author of Arabs and Muslims in the Media: Race and Representation after 9/11"This brilliant research work authenticates the cultural racism of the U.S. which is obviously one major reason for the emergence of reactionary extremism and violence among the Muslim youth against the U.S. It is a highly recommended reading for understanding the mind of the West about the rest. " -The Muslim World Book Review

• ContentsIntroduction: Tolerance and Anti-Muslim Racism1. News Stories, Police Profiles, and Opinion Polls: Muslims as a Population of Risk2. From Reading Lolita to Reading Malala: Sympathy and Empowering Muslim Women3. “Iran, Stop Killing Gays”: Queer Identifications and Secular Distinctions4.Defamed and Defended: The Precarity of the “Moderate” Muslim Americans5. “Muslims Worth Saving”: The Syrian Refugee Crisis and HumanitarianismConclusionAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex

Mitra Rastegar is clinical associate professor of liberal studies at New York University. Her work has been published in GLQ: Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, WSQ: Women’s Studies Quarterly, and International Feminist Journal of Politics.

"Through a brilliant analysis, Mitra Rastegar illuminates how the same standards that deem some Muslims worthy of tolerance can then be used against them. This is an urgently necessary book that will change our understanding of how inclusion operates in liberal societies." -Evelyn Alsultany, author of Arabs and Muslims in the Media: Race and Representation after 9/11"This brilliant research work authenticates the cultural racism of the U.S. which is obviously one major reason for the emergence of reactionary extremism and violence among the Muslim youth against the U.S. It is a highly recommended reading for understanding the mind of the West about the rest. " -The Muslim World Book Review

• ContentsIntroduction: Tolerance and Anti-Muslim Racism1. News Stories, Police Profiles, and Opinion Polls: Muslims as a Population of Risk2. From Reading Lolita to Reading Malala: Sympathy and Empowering Muslim Women3. “Iran, Stop Killing Gays”: Queer Identifications and Secular Distinctions4.Defamed and Defended: The Precarity of the “Moderate” Muslim Americans5. “Muslims Worth Saving”: The Syrian Refugee Crisis and HumanitarianismConclusionAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex