Description
Book SynopsisThis book covers the many topics of `the war on terror' from legal, philosophical, economic and historical perspectives. The dialogue form of the book (essay-response) allows a broad representation of views, covering the situation in the Middle East, national security, politics of intervention, human rights, torture and the motives of the Iraq War.
Table of ContentsPreface
Acknowledgments
Notes on contributors
Introduction: some notes on `terror' – Chris Miller
1. The function of narrative in the ‘war on terror’ – Ahdaf Soueif
1a. Response to Ahdaf Soueif – Elleke Boehmer
2. Terrorism, war and international law – 2a. Michael Byers
2a. Response to Michael Byers – Dino Kritsiotis
3. Human rights in an age of counter-terrorism – Conor Gearty
3a. Response to Conor Gearty – Sandra Fredman
4. Terrorism: reflections on harming the innocent – Thomas Pogge
4a. Response to Thomas Pogge – David Miller
5. War/terror/politics – Bat-Ami Bar On
5a. Response to Bat-Ami Bar On – Thomas Dublin
6. War, terrorism and the ‘war on terror’ – Jeff McMahan
6a. Response to Jeff McMahan – David Rodin
7. Islamic law, human rights and neo-colonialism – Khaled Abou El Fadl
7a. Response to Khaled Abou El Fadl – Shaykh Muhammad Afifi Al-Akiti and Dr H. A. Hellyer
8. The threshold of the human: sexual violence and trauma in the war on terror – Joanna Bourke
8a. Response to Joanna Bourke – Avner Offer
9. Defending the transgressed by censuring the reckless against the killing of civilians
– Shaykh Muhammad Afifi Al-Akiti
i. Taqriz/Introduction – Shaykh Gibril F. Haddad
ii. Fatwa – Shaykh Muhammad Afifi al-Akiti
iii. Select bibliography – Shaykh Muhammad Afifi al-Akiti
iv. Glossary of Arabic terms – Shaykh Gibril F. Haddad
Index
