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The atrocities of the so-called Islamic State and the reactions of Western media and governments work like a moral bulldozer that seems to crush ordinary Muslims who are caught between political and media forces. The resulting distorted perceptions and fears held by members of Western societies towards Islam are being increasingly projected onto their Muslim fellow citizens, who are gradually reduced to a homogenous mass and stereotyped as being antagonistic to democratic and European values. The question of the actual peacefulness of Islam, also involving the question of Islam’s potential for pluralism has increasingly moved to the center of Austrian discourses on Islam, whether in political, social affairs or in the media.
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Ebrahim, R. (2016). Islamic Radicalism. In: Aslan, E., Ebrahim, R., Hermansen, M. (eds) Islam, Religions, and Pluralism in Europe. Wiener Beiträge zur Islamforschung. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-12962-0_4
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