Innocent until proven Muslim : Islamophobia, the War on Terror, and the Muslim experience since 9/11 / Maha Hilal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hilal, Maha, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamophobia--History.

Islamophobia.

Islamophobia--United States--History--21st century.

United States.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, Minnesota : Broadleaf Books, 2021.

Summary:

In this powerful book, Dr. Maha Hilal tells the story of two decades of the War on Terror, through both an overview of the policies created under its umbrella and the lived realities of Muslim Americans who have experienced hate and discrimination as a result.

Contents:

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Introduction: How Did We Get to Where We Are?

Part I. Narrating the War on Terror

1. Remembering 9/11 and Creating the War-on-Terror Narrative

2. Setting the War's Rhetorical Terms

3. Denying Muslim Humanity in the War on Terror

Part II. Institutionalized Islamophobia: Post-9/11 Law and Policy

4. Militarism and Warfare: We Go to War for Peace

5. Immigration: This Land Is Our Land, This Land Is Our Land

6. Federal Terrorism Prosecutions and Surveillance

7. We Don't Torture People, and Other American Myths

8. Guantánamo Bay Prison

Part III. Internalizing, Challenging, and Living Islamophobia in the War on Terror

9. Oppression from Within

10. The Proverbial Seat at the Table: Muslim American Organizational Responses to Institutionalized Islamophobia

11. Lived Islamophobia: Muslim American Narratives Post 9/11

Conclusion

Acknowledgments

Notes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-5064-7047-5

OCLC:

1263873132