Good Muslim, Bad Muslim by Mahmood Mamdani
America, the Cold War, and the Roots of Terror
Arguing that Cold War strategies, colonial legacies and subsequent counterterror policies produced the familiar binary of “good” compliant Muslim allies versus “bad” radicals, this analysis traces how Western support for authoritarian, militarized regimes suppressed political dissent and helped spawn violent movements; by examining cases across Africa, Asia and the Middle East it shows how state-building, humanitarian interventions and securitization blurred the line between citizen and subject, converting political contestation into matters of security, and calls for rethinking policy to address root causes rather than rely on simplistic labels.
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- 2004
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