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John Esposito, 86, showed how Islamophobia warped US policy
Esposito’s work argued that Islamophobia distorted Western views of Muslims and helped shape U.S. policy choices, influencing debates from 9/11 to the war with Iran.
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Informed CommentJohn Esposito, 86, showed how Islamophobia warped US policy
My former Georgetown professor, John Esposito, passed away on July 15, 2026, just as the military campaign between the U.S. and Iran reignited in what is becoming America’s “Third Gulf War.” It was America’s first Gulf War in 1991 that led me to read Esposito’s 1992 book, “The Islamic Threat: Myth or Reality?” I read that work to understand why the Western media portrayed my ancestral Iraq as part of a greater Muslim threat to the United States,…
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