Radical Islamism benefits from the silence of moderate Muslims who see no reason why their faith implies a responsibility to condemn its violence. But Islamism also stands to gain from the blurring of boundaries between genuine Islamophobia and criticism of Islam where it departs from democratic norms.
Cinzia Sciuto
Managing editor of the Italian journal MicroMega. Author of Non c’è fede che tenga. Manifesto laico contro il multiculturalismo (Feltrinelli, 2018) and La Terra è rotonda. Kant, Kelsen e la prospettiva cosmopolitica (Mimesis edizioni, 2015).