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Homegrown radicals : a story of state violence, Islamophobia, and jihad in the post-9/11 world /

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"This book examines the state violence that created and indelibly tied together the fate of the "homegrown radical" and "moderate" Muslims on the post-9/11 Canadian Prairies"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Soufi, Youcef L. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2025]
Subjects:
Muslims > Canada > Social conditions > 21st century.
Terrorism > Religious aspects > Islam.
Jihad.
Canada > Ethnic relations > 21st century.
Musulmans > Canada > Conditions sociales > 21e siècle.
Terrorisme > Aspect religieux > Islam.
Jihād.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. "They found him"
  • Can the Muslim speak? : grief, suspicion, and social responsibility
  • Lives that mattered and lives that didn't: Muslim Canadians and the War on Terror
  • The emergence of the homegrown jihadist
  • Under suspicion : targeting, harassment, and abuse of power
  • "I want out" : disillusionment with utopian jihad
  • Prosecuting terrorism : national security, treason, and the impossibility of justice
  • Epilogue.