[From the publisher]
Bringing together scholars and activists, With Stones in Our Hands
confronts the rampant anti-Muslim racism and imperialism across the
globe today.
After September 11,
2001, the global War on Terror has made clear that Islam and Muslims
are central to an imperial system of racism. Prior to 9/11, white
supremacy had a violent relationship of dominance with Islam and
Muslims. Racism against Muslims today borrows from centuries of white
supremacy and is a powerful and effective tool to maintain the status
quo.
With Stones in Our
Hands compiles writings by scholars and activists who are leading the
struggle to understand and combat anti-Muslim racism. Through a bold
call for a politics of the Muslim Left and the poetics of the Muslim
International, this book offers a glimpse into the possibilities of
social justice, decolonial struggle, and political solidarity. The
essays in this anthology reflect a range of concerns such as the
settler colonial occupation of Palestine, surveillance and policing,
blackness and radical protest traditions, militarism and empire
building, social movements, and political repression. With Stones in
Our Hands offers new ideas to achieve decolonization and global
solidarity.
Contributors: Rabab
Ibrahim Abdulhadi, Abdullah Al-Arian, Arshad Imtiaz Ali, Evelyn
Alsultany, Vivek Bald, Abbas Barzegar, Hatem Bazian, Sylvia
Chan-Malik, Arash Davari, Fatima El-Tayeb, Hafsa Kanjwal, Ronak K.
Kapadia, Maryam Kashani, Robin D. G. Kelley, Su‘ad Abdul Khabeer,
Nadine Naber, Selim Nadi, Sherene H. Razack, Atef Said, Steven
Salaita, Stephen Sheehi.
