• Automated Islamophobia
1 0

Automated Islamophobia

£95.00
£95.00 £95.00
Sale Sold out
Automating Islamophobia exposes how AI perpetuates global Islamophobia. It challenges the myth of AI’s objectivity, questioning if change is possible in a system rooted in historical biases. As nat...
Read More
Notify Me
  • Format:
  • 08 December 2026
View Product Details
As AI becomes deeply embedded in society, Automating Islamophobia challenges the myth of its objectivity and exposes its role in amplifying global Islamophobia. Rejecting the AI hype, this book critically examines how AI-driven surveillance, counterterrorism, and warfare harm Muslim communities while reinforcing state power. Instead of advocating for increased Muslim representation in tech as a solution, it questions whether meaningful change is possible within a flawed system. Arguing that AI is not inevitable but shaped by political ideologies, the book urges a more critical engagement with these technologies. As nations race to lead in AI development, understanding its role in deepening injustice and marginalisation is more urgent than ever. Automating Islamophobia envisions a future that resists these harmful structures and rethinks AI’s place in society.
files/i.png Icon
Price: £95.00
Pages: 208
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Series: AI Futures
Publication Date: 08 December 2026
ISBN: 9781526189431
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:

COMPUTERS / Artificial Intelligence / General, Artificial intelligence, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Religion, Politics & State, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Race & Ethnic Relations, Comparative politics, Racism and racial discrimination / Anti-racism
REVIEWS Icon

Dr Shereen Fernandez is a Fellow at the London School of Economics
Shafiuddean Choudry is an independent Researcher and co-founder of The Riz Test

Introduction by Shereen Fernandez and Shafiuddean Choudry

1 AI and/as Islamophobia by Syed Mustafa Ali

2 “It's almost deadly if we're not the makers of it”: Interview with Arfrah Farooq

3 The ‘Allahgorithm’: When ‘suggested content’ becomes deified colonial whiteness: Analysis of perceptions amongst young professional British Muslims by William Barylo

4 “You cannot protect a human being without understanding their data rights”: Interview with Sahdya Darr

5 Automating counter-terrorism: The case of the Prevent Duty and harmful data by Sophia Akram

6 What would Jet Li do? Decolonising data and fast AI by Shafiuddean Choudry

7 Stop me if you think you’ve heard this one before

8 The story of two Muslims walking: How generative AI is shaping discourses on Islam by Shereen Fernandez

9 Mythologies: Holding a mirror up to the War of Terror by Rob Faure Walker

10 “The truth is just built by a couple of people”: Interview with X

11 Islam in the crosshairs: Islamophobia in the age of AI-enabled surveillance and automated warfare by Susan Aboeid

12 “It’s amoral, rather than immoral. They just don't give a s**t”: Interview with Paul Biggar