The Rise of Islamophobia in America

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit peterbeinart.substack.comOur 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 AmericaThe various ways American Muslims navigate IslamophobiaThe different Islamophobic strategies employed against Zohran Mamdani and Abdul El-Sayed, and their different responsesTensions between black and Muslim communitiesThe difficulty of building coalitions between Muslims and Jews, given powerful Jewish organizations’ support of Israel