1 option
No god but man : on race, knowledge, and terrorism / Atiya Husain.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Husain, Atiya, author.
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection
- Global insecurities
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shakur, Assata.
- United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
- United States.
- Terrorism--Government policy--United States.
- Terrorism.
- War on Terrorism, 2001-2009--Social aspects--United States.
- War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
- Fugitives from justice--United States.
- Fugitives from justice.
- Crime and race--United States.
- Crime and race.
- African American Muslims--Political activity.
- African American Muslims.
- Muslims--Political activity--United States.
- Muslims.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 196 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- "Atiya Husain's No God but Man explores discourses around Muslims and racialization following the 9/11 attacks and the ensuing War on Terror. Husain uses the FBI's "most wanted" program, specifically the "most wanted terrorist" list, as an organizational centerpiece and public archive to understand constructions of race. Unlike other "most wanted" posters, descriptions on the "most wanted terrorist" list noticeably lack race as a category. In this way, Husain argues that the FBI considers these people, the majority whom are Muslim, as "raceless." Throughout the book, Husain utilizes an array of case studies, beginning with the work of Adolphe Quetelet, who was credited by former FBI director J. Edgar Hoover for the FBI's identification practices as well as the case of Assata Shakur, a former colleague of Malcom X and the only woman on the most wanted terrorist list. As a Black woman who was a Sunni Muslim in the 1970s, Shakur's case provides a unique scenario for Husain to explore how the FBI racializes both Muslims and Black Americans; and the creation of the most wanted terrorist list specifically and examines the "raceless" Muslim majority. No God but Man makes a bold intervention in the sociology of race, Black studies, and critical Muslim studies"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- L'homme moyen, from Quetelet to the FBI
- Assata, the Muslim
- The rule of racelessness
- Assata, Black Madonna.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Husain, Atiya. No god but man.
- ISBN:
- 9781478060345
- 1478060344
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.