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Islamophobia does not only operate through discriminatory policies, state violence, media representations, and public discourse - it impacts the way that Muslim communities perceive themselves and one another. In a perpetually toxic environment that is ripe with Islamophobia &nbsp;constructs Muslims as threatening, backward, violent, irrational, or perpetually suspect, Muslims sometimes internalize the very tropes that demonize us causing consequences ranging from self-hatred, dissociation from the community, and working in capacities that directly contribute to their targeting. &nbsp; At Muslim Counterpublics Lab, we believe that it is critical to dismantle institutionalized and structural Islamophobia, while at the same time unlearning and rejecting internalized Islamophobia. &nbsp; That&rsquo;s why, together with Muslim Wellness Foundation, we are hosting an internalized Islamophobia intensive that will provide participants with a framework for understanding the ways in which dominant structures of Islamophobia seek to weaponize us against our own selves. For example, participants will explore how dominant narratives about Muslims become internalized and reproduced within Muslim communities through respectability politics, &ldquo;good Muslim/bad Muslim&rdquo; binaries, distancing from those deemed too Muslim or too political, policing expressions of Muslim identity, and pressures to demonstrate innocence, moderation, patriotism, or belonging. Through political education, facilitated discussion, reflection exercises, case studies, and narrative analysis, participants will explore the manifestation of internalized Islamophobia from Muslims while equipping participants with the tools and shared language necessary to recognize, interrupt, and challenge internalized Islamophobia in themselves, their organizations, and their communities.&nbsp; By doing so, participants will work toward building forms of Muslim solidarity, leadership, and narrative power rooted in dignity, political clarity, collective liberation, and the refusal to accept the terms through which Muslims have been taught to understand our own humanity.

Islamophobia does not only operate through discriminatory policies, state violence, media representations, and public discourse - it impacts the way that Muslim communities perceive themselves and one another. In a perpetually toxic environment that is ripe with Islamophobia  constructs Muslims as threatening, backward, violent, irrational, or perpetually suspect, Muslims sometimes internalize the very tropes that demonize us causing consequences ranging from self-hatred, dissociation from the community, and working in capacities that directly contribute to their targeting.   At Muslim Counterpublics Lab, we believe that it is critical to dismantle institutionalized and structural Islamophobia, while at the same time unlearning and rejecting internalized Islamophobia.   That’s why, together with Muslim Wellness Foundation, we are hosting an internalized Islamophobia intensive that will provide participants with a framework for understanding the ways in which dominant structures of Islamophobia seek to weaponize us against our own selves. For example, participants will explore how dominant narratives about Muslims become internalized and reproduced within Muslim communities through respectability politics, “good Muslim/bad Muslim” binaries, distancing from those deemed too Muslim or too political, policing expressions of Muslim identity, and pressures to demonstrate innocence, moderation, patriotism, or belonging. Through political education, facilitated discussion, reflection exercises, case studies, and narrative analysis, participants will explore the manifestation of internalized Islamophobia from Muslims while equipping participants with the tools and shared language necessary to recognize, interrupt, and challenge internalized Islamophobia in themselves, their organizations, and their communities.  By doing so, participants will work toward building forms of Muslim solidarity, leadership, and narrative power rooted in dignity, political clarity, collective liberation, and the refusal to accept the terms through which Muslims have been taught to understand our own humanity.

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