{"title":"Intersectional Islamophobia: The Case of a Black Ahmadi Muslim Celebrity","authors":"Kristian Petersen","doi":"10.5325/JAFRIRELI.7.1.0139","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:This essay explores \"Islamophobia\" through actor Mahershala Ali. I focus on Ali's 2017 awards and their audience reception, especially in Pakistan. Ali frames an analysis of the mediation of Black American Ahmadi Muslim identity within national conditions of anti-Muslim animus, the illegibility of Black Muslimness, and global debates about Muslim \"orthodoxy.\"","PeriodicalId":41877,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Africana Religions","volume":"7 1","pages":"139 - 151"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3000,"publicationDate":"2019-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Africana Religions","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.5325/JAFRIRELI.7.1.0139","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"RELIGION","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Abstract:This essay explores "Islamophobia" through actor Mahershala Ali. I focus on Ali's 2017 awards and their audience reception, especially in Pakistan. Ali frames an analysis of the mediation of Black American Ahmadi Muslim identity within national conditions of anti-Muslim animus, the illegibility of Black Muslimness, and global debates about Muslim "orthodoxy."
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Africana Religions publishes critical scholarship on Africana religions, including the religious traditions of African and African Diasporic peoples as well as religious traditions influenced by the diverse cultural heritage of Africa. An interdisciplinary journal encompassing history, anthropology, Africana studies, gender studies, ethnic studies, religious studies, and other allied disciplines, the Journal of Africana Religions embraces a variety of humanistic and social scientific methodologies in understanding the social, political, and cultural meanings and functions of Africana religions.