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.
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.
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