Anti-Muslim racism on trial : Muslims, the Swedish judiciary and the possibility of justice / Marta Kolankiewicz.

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.

©2019

vii, 172 pages ; 25 cm.

Based on author's thesis (doctoral - Lund University, Department of Sociology, 2015) issued under title: Anti-muslim violence and the possibility of justice,

This book constitutes a critical engagement with debates on the possibilities and limits of fighting racism with the help of criminal law. With in-depth analyses of cases of anti-Muslim violence in Sweden-a mosque fire, hate speech and of a series of assaults-Anti-Muslim Racism on Trial sheds light on issues central for understanding the ways in which racism is approached in court. It also illustrates the different forms that Islamophobia can take. Departing from a definition of law as a knowledge regime that embodies the power to decide on the meaning of the acts on trial and to establish a valid version of these events, the author explores the possibility of justice and recognition in court. From within a post-Holocaust and post-colonial context, this book recounts the complex and ambiguous history of laws against racism, examining the ways in which racist practices change in a society where certain manifestations of racism have come to be treated as crimes. As such, it will appeal to scholars of sociology and criminology with interests in Islamophobia, race and ethnicity and violence.

Online version: Kolankiewicz, Marta, 1977- author. Anti-Muslim racism on trial Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019

English

August 13, 2019

Includes bibliographical references and index.