Islamophobia in Portugal, Beyond the National Register

The relationship between Islam and Portugal is intimately tied to processes of national formation diverse in terms the key protagonists, historical periods, political conjunctures that it evokes – hence particularly suited for contextualised study Islamophobia. Drawing on a larger European study, specifically discourse analysis empirical research Portuguese context, this article examines, one hand, narratives Muslims circulating academic literature cyberspace (2000–20); other, different expressions Islamophobia individual institutional (Sayyid 2014a): i) case mosque vandalism practices media reporting; ii) concerns regarding educational equality raised by participants, namely school organisation history teaching. Engaging with intrinsic instability category Muslim across junctures, contexts, disciplines calls an engagement beyond register (Vakil 2010), revealing how wider circulation public interventions constrains possibility articulating subjectivities.