Refugees, Islamophobia, and Ayaan Hirsi Ali : challenging social work co-option

Linda Briskman; Susie Latham

doi:10.1177/0886109916685801

Refugees, Islamophobia, and Ayaan Hirsi Ali : challenging social work co-option

Linda Briskman
, Susie Latham

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Abstract

As global discourses on refugees and Muslims become more exclusionary, the ethics and traditions of our profession mean social workers arguably have a particular responsibility to work for transformative change. This column argues that social workers need to be wary of direct complicity with harsh policies through implementation roles and, indirectly, through co-option into dominant discourses about refugees and Islam more generally and Muslim women specifically.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	108-111
Number of pages	4
Journal	Affilia
Volume	32
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0886109916685801
Publication status	Published - 1 Feb 2017

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© 2016, © The Author(s) 2016.

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SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities

Keywords

Muslim women
Muslims
asylum seekers
ethics
moral panics
social workers

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Refugees, Islamophobia, and Ayaan Hirsi Ali : challenging social work co-option

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