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This chapter takes issue with two parallel aspects of the complex relationship between multiculturalism, radical democratic politics, and the Internet. First, with the exclusion of Islam in radical democratic accounts; and second, with the overemphasis on activism and/or deliberation in accounts of the political Internet. The first may contribute to the reactionary radicalization of online Islam, and to the frustration and disenfranchisement felt by a growing part of Muslim communities. The second aspect may overlook the political significance of communicative practices because they are found in unexpected sites and take unexpected forms. Conversely, identifying and theorizing the communicative practices encountered in ‘everyday’ prosaic sites could contribute to a revision of radical democratic accounts to incorporate the actually existing plurality of everyday life.
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Siapera, E. (2007). Multicultural Radical Democracy and Online Islam. In: Dahlberg, L., Siapera, E. (eds) Radical Democracy and the Internet. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230592469_9
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