Preface

• Author: Amos Guiora - Paul Cliteur
• Pages: 8-13

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Preface

This is a complicated book that addresses a complex and con-

troversial topic. With “populist and Islamist movements” we

refer to a broad spectrum of contemporary movements and

tendencies that may be loosely dubbed as “the Right.” The

Right, in the sense we use that concept, in this book can be

both religious and political—and is predominantly a mixture

of both. We address the question at hand from different per-

spectives, reflecting the distinct environments in which we

live, teach, and interact.

Paul Cliteur teaches in the Netherlands and lectures and

travels widely throughout Europe; he has, therefore, a very

European focus on the questions addressed in this book. In

his examination of the rise of these movements, Professor Cli-

teur focuses on the impact-consequences of Islamism/Jihad-

ism as a direct contributor to significant changes in European

culture-society-politics-law.

Amos Guiora splits his time between the United States and

Israel; his writings focus, primarily, on those two countries.

In his examination, Professor Guiora focuses on language-

rhetoric-racism, particularly relevant to a contemporary

examination of U.S. and Israeli domestic politics.

We think both manifestations of the Right are intercon-

nected. Islamism, or Jihadism, fissures Western societies; and

right-wing populist groups and parties react to that challenge.

Our distinct backgrounds, life experiences, and aca-

demic and cultural settings lend themselves to addressing the

rise of right-wing populism and Islamism through different

perspectives. That does not mean this work is two separate

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