Dalia Fahmy - Facing Bigots With Outreach, Civil Services, and Civic Engagement

About this lecture

In this powerful lecture, political scientist Dalia Fahmy traces the roots of modern anti-Muslim bigotry from the Great Replacement theory and white nationalist manifestos to its deep historical connections with anti-Black racism in America. She examines how Islamophobia has been deliberately weaponized in U.S. electoral politics — from the Obama era through the Trump presidency — and argues that Muslims must recognize their struggle as inseparable from broader fights for social justice. Drawing on her research for the Atlantic Council, she calls on Muslim communities to reject the Islamophobic narrative by embracing civic engagement, outreach, and coalition-building with other marginalized communities.