In his official response to the attacks of September 11, George W. Bush invoked the Crusades, tapping into a centuries-long history of fear and aggression. The West's longstanding perception of Islam as a threat has taken on new and more complex implications in the twenty-first century, as years of migration and resulting demographic shifts have brought the «enemy» within Western borders. Virulent opposition to the planned construction of an Islamic center near the 9/11 attack site in New...
