Curtis, Edward E., IV2023-09-272023-09-272011Curtis, E. E., IV. (2011). The Islamophobic History of the United States. Bulletin for the Study of Religion, 40(2), 30–35. https://doi.org/10.1558/bsor.v40i2.006https://hdl.handle.net/1805/35846This article offers an history survey of Islamophobic attitudes in the United States. It locates the roots of Islamophobia in colonial views of the Muslim Anti-Christ, early republican fears of the Barbary pirates and Oriental despotism, antebellum fascination with Muslim American slaves, and nineteenth-century fantasies of the Turkish harem. The article also explains how the functions and meanings of Islamophobia have changed during the Cold War and post-Cold War eras, emphasizing the clash of interests that developed between Muslim political groups abroad and U.S. foriegn policy after 9/11.en-USIslamophobiaAnti-Muslim stereotypesMuslim AmericansNationalist terrorismArticle