'She provides countless examples of how a wide range of violent policies and interventions, both domestically and abroad, were justified in the name of 'fighting terrorism' and have since become institutionalized.'
The phrase"War on Terror" invokes many different feelings and images depending upon one's position in America and the world. While many understand it merely as a descriptor for a new frontier in American foreign policy and war, for others it has meant a new set of violent interventions and disturbances to their way of life.
In Innocent Until Proven Muslim, author Maha Hilal clearly explicates the destruction caused to Muslim communities by the war on terror. Hilal provides countless examples across a range of policies and interventions that were used domestically and abroad to"fight terrorism." Dr. Hilal's book comes at a timely moment. In many ways the narrative framework developed at the outset of the war on terror parallels domestic attitudes around"public safety" that have been weaponized to justify police brutality, among other abuses. In both cases, an"ends justify the means" approach provides a smokescreen for the real impact on people's liberty and lives.
Telling the stories of what happened and the many ways in which humanity—and often even actual innocence—may have been disregarded is extremely important in helping to build a new path forward. While we cannot change what has happened, Hilal's combination of storytelling and narrative shifting with vignettes from Muslims themselves offers a new lens for processing the impact of the war on terror.
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