Civil Rights in Peril: The Targeting of Arabs and Muslims

340 Pages·2004·44.439 MB·English

by  Elaine Catherine Hagopian (editor)

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Civil in Peril
The Targeting of Arabs and Muslims
Edited by Elaine C. Hagopian

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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments vii
Preface ix
Elaine C. Hagopian
Introduction
Don'tTread onMe: IstheWaronTerror ReallyaWar on Rights?
M. CherifBassiouni i
PartI: Pre- and Post-September 11, 2001, Legislation
and Regulations Affecting Civil Liberties
1. Race and Civil RightsPre-September 11, 2001:
TheTargetingofArabs and Muslims
SusanM. AkramandKevin R.Johnson 9
2. Profiled: Arabs, Muslims, andthePost-9/11
Huntforthe "EnemyWithin"
NancyMurray 27
PartII: Sustaining and Reinfordng Demonization ofArabsand Muslims:
Manufacturing RacistImages ofArabs and Muslims
3. "OurEnemies AmongUs!": The PortrayalofAraband
MuslimAmericans inPost-9/11 AmericanMedia
RobertMorlino 71
4. TheNewColdWarriors
Will Youmans 105
PartIII: The Convergence ofUS DomesticShiftto the
Far Rightand the PursuitofGlobal Expansion:
The Criminalization ofArab and Muslim Communities
5. Roots oftheAmericanAntiterrorism Crusade
Samih Farsoun i33
6. American Global Reach andtheW
AntiterroristCrusadeofGeorge Bush
NaseerAruri .'. i^i
7. TheInterlockingofRight-WingPolitics andUSMiddleEastPolicy:
SolidifyingArab/MuslimDemonization
Elaine C. Hagopian i93
Notes 2.39
Index 309
Contributors 32-0

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Any editor of a multi-authored book is first and foremost
mdebted to the individual authors. M. Cherif Bassiouni,
who authored the introduction, Susan M. Akram and
Kevm R. Johnson, Nancy Murray, Robert Morlino, Will
Youmans, Samih Farsoun, and Naseer Aruri produced their
chapters in a timely fashion and with a moral commitment that
stemmed from their sense ofhuman rights and just laws. In each
step ofthe process, their cooperation was outstanding.
I owe a special debt of gratitude to Drs. Nancy Murray and
NaseerAruri. Their critical expertise in reviewing and evaluating
each of the chapters is what has made this book an important
and comprehensive analysis of the violation of .\merican consti-
tutional principles, and specifically the Bill of Rights, involved in
the targeting of Arabs and Muslims. I am also indebted to
Dr. Naseer Aruri, who, as president ofthe Trans-Arab Research
Institute, commissioned this book as a resource for civil rights
and antidiscrimination workers.
Finall)-, I express my deep appreciation for the informed and
patient staff at Haymarket Books: Anthony Amove, Ahmed
Shawki, and Julie Fain. Ahmed Shawki's critical review of the
chapters addedclarit>' and value to the completed work. Anthony
Arnove extended himself to accommodate the concerns authors
had regarding various technical issues of production. His extra-
ordinar>^ patience and expertise resolved all concerns expeditiously.
Copy editor Mikki Smith gallantly reconciled the differences of
authors' preferred st\'les to a consistent and readable one.
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