In the American Desert

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Norton
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Iraq War ◽  
War On Terror ◽  
Racial Inequality ◽  
September 11 ◽  
Abu Ghraib ◽  
Terrorist Attacks ◽  
The World ◽  
Inalienable Rights ◽  
Different Cultures

This chapter describes the Iraq war and the war in Afghanistan as desert wars, even though they are fought in cities, mountains, and marshes. Americans believe that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights. That America is home to many peoples with different cultures, languages, and faiths testifies that it is not for itself alone, but for all the world. The conviction that America offers a home to people of every place and faith spoke against discrimination after the terrorist attacks of September 11. The War on Terror saw America desert its principles for torture, secret prisons, and extraordinary rendition. This chapter examines how Abu Ghraib and Guantánamo became places where Americans confront troubling domestic issues, such as the pathologies of pornography and celebrity, the myth of gender equality, and the burden of racial inequality.

Muslim and Islamic Interventions

2019 ◽  
pp. 137-173
Author(s):  
Gregorio Bettiza
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
War On Terror ◽  
American Foreign Policy ◽  
September 11 ◽  
Policy Networks ◽  
World Politics ◽  
Terrorist Attacks ◽  
Global Policy ◽  
The World ◽  
Muslim Politics

The chapter identifies the constellation of desecularizing actors embedded in postsecular modes of thinking responsible for the emergence and evolution of the Muslim and Islamic Interventions regime in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 (9/11). It highlights the multiple desecularizing processes taking place in American foreign policy as this has sought to increasingly target, pacify, and reform Muslim politics and Islamic traditions in the context of the war on terror. In terms of global effects, the chapter argues that the regime is potentially shaping the lives and religiosity of Muslims around the world along American interests and values; that it is contributing to religionizing world politics through processes of categorization and elevation; and that it is central to wider global policy networks seeking to promote moderate Muslims and Islam. The conclusion compares the Muslim and Islamic Interventions regime with the regimes examined in previous chapters, and considers developments taking place under President Trump.

Treating Survivors of the World Trade Center Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001

CNS Spectrums ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 611-615
Author(s):  
Robert Grossman ◽  
Rachel Yehuda
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
World Trade ◽  
Terrorist Attack ◽  
World Trade Center ◽  
September 11 ◽  
Terrorist Attacks ◽  
The World ◽  
Trade Center ◽  
New Yorkers

ABSTRACTAs part of an established traumatic stress research and treatment program located in New York City, we experienced the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center first as New Yorkers, but also as professionals with an interest in both treating the survivors and furthering scientific knowledge regarding the neurobiology and treatment of traumatic stress. This paper gives vignettes of calls to our program and the treatment of World Trade Center terrorist attack survivors.

Enduring Freedom: Globalizing Children's Rights

Hypatia ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 197-203
Author(s):  
Constance L. Mui ◽  
Julien S. Murphy
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Moral Responsibility ◽  
The United States ◽  
September 11 ◽  
Terrorist Attacks ◽  
Global Community ◽  
The World ◽  
September 11 Terrorist Attacks ◽  
Effects Of War ◽  
Moral Questions

Events surrounding the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States raise compelling moral questions about the effects of war and globalization on children in many parts of the world. This paper adopts Sartre's notion of freedom, particularly its connection with materiality and intersubjectivity, to assess the moral responsibility that we have as a global community toward our most vulnerable members. We conclude by examining important first steps that should be taken to address the plight of children.

Conclusion

2018 ◽  
pp. 145-156
Author(s):  
Carl Lindskoog
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
The United States ◽  
September 11 ◽  
State Sovereignty ◽  
Terrorist Attacks ◽  
Immigration Detention ◽  
Freedom Of Movement ◽  
The World ◽  
Universal Human Rights

The conclusion examines the United States’ detention practices in the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the global spread of immigration detention that saw countries around the world constructing their own detention regimes from the United States’ model. It then conducts a brief examination of the problem that emerges at the intersection of state sovereignty and universal human rights; it closes with a survey of the contemporary movement against immigration detention, asking what future there might be for a world in which liberty and freedom of movement are treated as inalienable human rights.

scholarly journals Suicide Terrorism: Perspectives from Muslims in Northern Ghana

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 115
Author(s):  
Agyemang Frimpong
Keyword(s):  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
The United States ◽  
September 11 ◽  
Social Conditions ◽  
Terrorist Attacks ◽  
Northern Ghana ◽  
Cultural Integration ◽  
Suicide Terrorism ◽  
The People ◽  
The World

Suicide terrorism has been on the rise in most parts of the world after the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001. Ghana as a country is yet to experience any acts of terrorism but recent events in some parts of Northern Nigeria, Kenya, and Somalia and in the Arabian Peninsula have given policymakers a great concern. Some African Muslims with ties to radical Islamic organizations have embraced this phenomenon as a means of settling their grievances. This article attempts to examine the phenomenon of suicide terrorism from the perspectives of Muslims in Northern Ghana. The paper discusses some of the rationale behind the phenomenon and various efforts that have been made to address the psychology behind the phenomenon. It was established that individual psychopathology alone is not the only reason for suicide terrorism but intertwined with other social conditions. In order to develop the appropriate responses and policies to protect the people, there is the need to understand these social conditions. It concludes by discussing the reason why adopting combative approach to the issue has not worked and recommends the use of economic development as well as cultural integration in changing the psychology behind the phenomenon.Keywords: suicide terrorism, psychopathology, homegrwon terrorists; lonewolf terrorists

scholarly journals Ten-year cancer incidence in rescue/recovery workers and civilians exposed to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center

2016 ◽  
Vol 59 (9) ◽  
pp. 709-721 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiehui Li ◽  
Robert M. Brackbill ◽  
Tim S. Liao ◽  
Baozhen Qiao ◽  
James E. Cone ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Incidence ◽  
World Trade ◽  
World Trade Center ◽  
September 11 ◽  
Terrorist Attacks ◽  
The World ◽  
Trade Center

The Discursive Representation of Islam and Muslims in Movies

2021 ◽  
pp. 591-610
Author(s):  
Fikret Güven
Keyword(s):  
Subject Matter ◽  
Iraq War ◽  
September 11 ◽  
Historical Events ◽  
The World ◽  
The Subject ◽  
East West

September 11 has changed the world we live in. Justifications and commentaries have been a revival of the East/West Orientalist binarism. Movies on September 11 and the subsequent Iraq War have continued to follow the same discourse, first lending themselves as conveyors of knowledge and later passing their Orientalism under a guise of art. The selected movies are Paul Greengrass's United 93, Peter Markle's Flight 93, David Priest's Portraits of Courage, Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker, and Peter Berg's The Kingdom. The subject matter of the movies discussed in this chapter focuses on September 11 and the subsequent Iraq War for being the major recent historical events which are continually depicted as an inherent East/West conflict. It largely shapes today's perception of the world or in other terms creates a sense of a new perception today despite the continuity of the same Orientalist binarism that has always been there.

Torture at Abu Ghraib: Non-disclosure and Impunity

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aloysia Brooks
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
War On Terror ◽  
The United States ◽  
Abu Ghraib ◽  
Human Rights Abuses ◽  
The World ◽  
Protection Of Human Rights ◽  
Culture Of Silence ◽  
Abu Ghraib Prison ◽  
Different Parts

This chapter discusses some of the long-standing social and political impacts of the torture of prisoners in Iraq by Coalition forces, and reflects on the consequences of the culture of silence and impunity that has typified torture in the so-called War on Terror. More specifically, it explores the culture of silence and non-disclosure that has led to further human rights abuses globally, including the exportation of torture techniques used at Abu Ghraib prison to different parts of the world, the increased public acceptance of torture in countries such as the United States and Australia, and the marginalisation and vilification of certain groups within the global community. Finally, the chapter explores the importance of acknowledgement, transparency, and accountability in relation to torture and for the broader promotion and protection of human rights, and the achievement of long-standing peace in the region.

scholarly journals Memories of the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001: A Study of the Consistency and Phenomenal Characteristics of Flashbulb Memories

2006 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pilar Ferré Romeu
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
World Trade ◽  
World Trade Center ◽  
September 11 ◽  
Terrorist Attacks ◽  
The World ◽  
Trade Center ◽  
Very High ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Memory Questionnaire

In this study, I investigated students' memories of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, carried out by Al Qaeda terrorists against the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington. Participants completed on two occasions (2 weeks and 8 months after the events took place) a memory questionnaire that included an assessment of the phenomenal richness of their memories. The results showed that the participants remembered very well the circumstances in which they first heard about the terrorist attacks, that they were very confident about this information, and that these memories were characterized by a high phenomenal richness. Over time, there was a decrease in all of these variables, but people's ratings of phenomenology and confidence were still very high.

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