Abstract
<p>Recent events show that there are heightened fear, hostilities, prejudices and discriminations associated with religion in virtually every part of the world. It becomes almost impossible to watch news daily without scenes of religious intolerance and violence with dire consequences for societal peace. This paper examines the trends, causes and implications of Islamophobia and religious intolerance for global peace and harmonious co-existence. It relies on content analysis of secondary sources of data. It notes that fear and hatred associated with Islām and persecution of Muslims is the fallout of religious intolerance as reflected in most melee and verbal attacks, anti-Muslim hatred, racism, xenophobia, anti-Sharī'ah policies, high-profile terrorist attacks, and growing trends of far-right or right-wing extremists. It reveals that Islamophobia and religious intolerance have led to proliferation of attacks on Muslims, incessant loss of lives, wanton destruction of property, violation of Muslims’ fundamental rights and freedom, rising fear of insecurity, and distrust between Muslims and non-Muslims. The paper concludes that escalating Islamophobic attacks and religious intolerance globally had constituted a serious threat to world peace and harmonious co-existence. Relevant resolutions in curbing rising trends of Islamophobia and religious intolerance<strong> </strong>are suggested.</p><p> </p>
Highlights
The paper concludes that escalating Islamophobic attacks and religious intolerance globally had constituted a serious threat to world peace and harmonious co-existence
Forty-five attacks were recorded against Muslims, persons mistaken for Muslims and Mosques in the United States in 2015 alone, while in 2017, five different Mosques in Texas, Washington, Florida and Michigan, caught aflame (Yahoo News cited in Ghani, 2019: 7)
Extant studies have focused on the review of Islamophobic discourse or causes and effect of Islamophobia but no scholarly writing to the author’s knowledge is devoted to interrogate the perceived threats of Islamophobia and religious intolerance to peaceful co-existence the world over
Summary
Religion remains one of the significant sources of intolerance, discrimination and marginalisation across the globe. As Limon, Ghanea and Power (2014: 2) has observed, “it is almost impossible to turn on the news today without witnessing scenes of hatred, violence and intolerance perpetrated in the name of religion or belief.”. This shows that there are increasingly religious hostilities and discriminations in virtually every part of the world. The tragic rise in hostility towards Islamic faith and Muslims in the world is largely reflected in the wide scale of negative narratives of Islām in the mainstream media, literature, and public discourses. The central focus of this paper is to examine Islamophobia and religious intolerance with particular emphasis on their causes and implications for societal peace and harmonious co-existence around the globe
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