Abstract Since 9/11, states around the world have engaged in efforts to counter the so-called terrorist threat. Besides neo-colonial military projects, this has manifested itself in a mushrooming of laws, policies, and practices in the realm of counterterrorism, and an explosion of research into terrorism, extremism, and radicalisation. In this chapter, drawing on my experiences…
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The instrumentalisation of Taqiya in counterterrorism discourse and practice
While the US’s war in Afghanistan appears to be drawing to a close, elsewhere it is business as usual for the Global War on Terror. Suspicion based on racial-cultural traits – particularly those associated with “Muslimness” – is a key feature of counter-terrorism policies which have turned inwards, away from neo-colonial expeditionary projects in Afghanistan…