In 2011, al-Qaeda leader, Osama Bin Laden, was killed in Pakistan and the US president, Barack Obama, concluded a decade of global 'war against terror'. In light of this, it seems only sensible to explore what implications the post-9/11 international developments have had on a local basis in specific national contexts. With this in mind, this article focuses on Denmark and discusses how the critical event of 9/11 motivated a security/integration response, including various pre-emptive measures that have cast the Muslim population as the usual suspects. It will discuss how these changes have affected the everyday lives of ordinary Danish Muslims over the last ten years and changed the relationship between majorities and minorities. Finally, it will also examine how and why recent national and international events have created the potential for another shift in majority-minority relations.
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Georgetown Univ, Ctr Muslim Christian Understanding, Washington, DC 20057 USAGeorgetown Univ, Ctr Muslim Christian Understanding, Washington, DC 20057 USA
Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck
Harb, Nazir Nader
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Georgetown Univ, Dept Arab & Islamic Studies, Washington, DC 20057 USAGeorgetown Univ, Ctr Muslim Christian Understanding, Washington, DC 20057 USA