Abstract
In Europe conflicts related to Muslim communities are not a matter of fact, but a matter of interpretation. And when interpretations govern human behaviour and political decisions we enter the realm of hermeneutics where discourse is better understood as a framework that articulates a set of interpretations that are politically significant (Zapata-Barrero, 2005a). Events related to Muslim communities generate much rhetoric. The political discourse has an almost magical component, shaping ordinary citizens-perceptions of and reactions to cultural pluralism. Rhetoric by political representatives with respect to Muslims, whether it is true or false, is ultimately politically motivated.
This chapter is part of a research project financed by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science (Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia) entitled The politicization of immigration: the relationship between the political and the social discourse in Spain and the EU immigration politics (La politización de la inmigración: relación entre el discurso político y social en España y polñticas de la UE entorno a la inmnigración) (SEJ2004-04775/CPOL, 2004-2007).
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Zapata-Barrero, R., Qasem, I. (2008). The Politics of Discourse towards Islam and Muslim Communities in Europe. In: Mouritsen, P., Jørgensen, K.E. (eds) Constituting Communities. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230582088_4
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