Žižek Is Not a Racist Islamophobe

While Riad Alarian’s critical article is symptomatic of an animus displayed by Arab and Muslim intellectuals toward Žižek, recent shifts in attitudes indicate some may now see him as an ally.

by Jamil Khader

I read with interest Muftah editor’s Riad Alarian’s column on recent statements about the refugee crisis made by Slovenian philosopher, Slavoj Žižek, in an April interview with the UK’s Channel 4 News. In his column, Alarian contends that Žižek is a racist Islamophobe who not only describes Islam as a radical and static religion, but also…