How Muslims Became Corn
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21215141 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Uzma Jamil (0000-0002-9313-5080, corresponding author), Uzma Jamil Uzma Jamil |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2017-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | ReOrient (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2055-5601 • E-ISSN: 2055-561X |
| Publisher | Pluto Journals (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.13169/reorient.2.2.0175 |
| OpenAlex | W2664184288 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 19 |
Over the past 16 years, the global “war on terror” has expanded in scope, ranging from US-led military interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan, domestic counter-terrorism and counter-radicalization legislation, and mass surveillance of Muslim communities to the “Muslim ban” on citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the US. This expansion in scope has normalized the idea of Muslims as threats to and within Western societies. This article analyzes this process of securitization, how Muslims are constructed as terrorists, and threats to national security, through a discussion of three books that illustrate how violence, politics, and state power are intricately related in the production of the “war on terror.” It advances a critique of the relationship between state power and the construction of knowledge about Muslims as terrorists, whether in the US government-supported counter-radicalization industry or in the documentation of Muslim experiences as prisoners in Guantanamo Bay's prison. Last, this article discusses Muslim agency and the position of racialized scholars in the “war on terror” as a question of authority and scholarship. It notes the gap between those whose voices are legitimized as “experts” on “explaining Muslims” in ways that conform to accepted assumptions about Muslims as threats, and the voices and experiences of racialized scholars whose expertise is considered not “objective” enough
Criminology · Democracy · Islam · National security · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Radicalization · Scholarship · Social science · Sociology · Terrorism · History · Law · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence · Torture, Ethics, and Law
Rationality and power
War Frenzy
Reading Power
Securitizing Islam
Understanding Terror Networks
The Weight of the Hyphen
Subject Positioning, Fear, and Insecurity in South Asian Muslim Communities in the War on Terror Context
The Effects and Effectiveness of Using Torture as an Interrogation Device
I Am a Muslim Not an Extremist”
Tortured bodies’
At the limits of justice
Reactions and response
The Staircase to Terrorism
The Stagnation in Terrorism Research
Mechanisms of Political Radicalization
Fighting the War of Ideas
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2024 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |