Spanish non-governmental cooperation in Morocco and the construction of “Islamophobia” in International Relations

Abstract

This paper redefines the concept of Islamophobia from a decolonial perspective. The objective of this research is to analyze how islamophobia is built within international relations. The case study in this paper looks at the discourse of the technical Spanish non-governmental cooperation in Morocco. The two hypotheses resulting from this study are, primarily, that Islamophobia is produced in three ways: who produces it, how it occurs and who affects it to a major extent. Secondly, that Islamophobia in international relations or at a macro-political level, will necessarily be built in the micro-political and within the discursive construction of individual subjectivities.