General Article ‘I’m not afraid of terrorism. I’m afraid of being accused of being a terrorist’: growing up Muslim a

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‘I’m not afraid of terrorism. I’m afraid of being accused of being a terrorist’: growing up Muslim after 9/11

Randa Abdel Fattah, Macquarie University

Those born after 2001 have only known a world “at war on terror”.

This means a generation growing up under fears and moral panics about Muslims and unparalleled security measures around their bodies and lives.

In my new book, Coming of Age in the War on Terror, I look at what this has meant for young Muslims in Australia as they navigate their...

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