The Suspect: Counterterrorism, Islam, and the Security State Sabir Rizwaan
Much has been written about the American 'war on terror', but what about the British governments'? In this study of the British state's counterinsurgency at home, Rizwaan Sabir argues that the…
Specifikacia The Suspect: Counterterrorism, Islam, and the Security State Sabir Rizwaan
Much has been written about the American 'war on terror', but what about the British governments'? In this study of the British state's counterinsurgency at home, Rizwaan Sabir argues that the practices it uses against suspected terrorists are the same regardless of whether they are on the streets of Basra and Baghdad or in Bradford and Birmingham. Shining a light on CONTEST, the UK government's counterterrorism strategy, it becomes clear that the state doesn't just target individual suspects, but much broader sections of the population, including large sections of the country's Muslim community. Packaged and sold as a 'non-violent' approach, in reality its effects involve overtly violent procedures including shoot-to-kill, detention, and stop-and-search. Arguing that this strategy is an extension of the practices of counterinsurgency taking place in the active war theaters of Iraq,
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