%0 Journal Article %T Islamophobia in the First Decades of the Twenty %A Isaac Caro %J Latin American Perspectives %@ 1552-678X %D 2019 %R 10.1177/0094582X19831441 %X The 9/11 attack and the war on terrorism declared by the United States produced a new dynamic with regard to the struggle against intolerance and, in particular, Islamophobia. The increase in Islamophobia is related to the clash-of-civilizations discourse that has served to justify a foreign policy adopted by Republican administrations in the United States, in which Islam is the principal enemy to be fought and defeated. El ataque del 11-S y la guerra contra el terrorismo declarada por los Estados Unidos produjeron una nueva din¨¢mica con respecto a la lucha contra la intolerancia y, en particular, la islamofobia. El aumento de la islamofobia est¨¢ relacionado con el discurso de choque de civilizaciones que ha servido para justificar una pol¨ªtica exterior adoptada por las administraciones republicanas en los Estados Unidos, en la que el Islam es el principal enemigo que hay que combatir y derrotar %K Islam %K Islamophobia %K Latin America %K Clash of civilizations %K Middle East %U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0094582X19831441