Drawing upon law, politics, sociology, and gender studies, this volume explores the ways in which the Muslim body is stereotyped, interrogated, appropriated and demonized in Western societies and subject to counter-terror legislation and the suspension of human rights.
Susan S.M. Edwards is Professor in Law, Emerita at University of Buckingham and has degrees in law and sociology. She is a barrister, women’s rights activist and campaigner. She has researched and lectured around the world, including in the Middle East.
1. Introduction.- 2. Muslim Racialised Tropes – “Orientalism”, Past and Present.- 3. Anti-Muslim Speech.- 4. The “Rule Of Law” and the “War On Terror”.- 5. UK Counter-Terror Measures Surveillance, and the “Muslim Menace”.- 6. US Counter-Terror “Law” and the Chronicles Of Torture.- 7. Discipline And Punish -Muslim Women’s Body and the “Covering” Laws.- 8. Western Complicity in Non-Western Mandated “Covering”.
