ABSTRACT

Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) programs in the US attempt to prevent Muslims toward radicalization by encouraging them to build relationships with law enforcement agencies, educators, public health officials, and nonprofit organization, thereby fostering “resilient” Muslim communities. However, the language of Muslim resiliency extends Orientalist narratives of Muslim and Arab populations, while simultaneously denying the genuine resilience that Muslims exhibit in the face of State violence and US imperialism. In this essay, I problematize the liberal-Orientalist framing of resiliency in counter-terror policy discourses, identify various modes of Muslim death-making, and offer examples of Muslim resiliency in the face of State violence.

摘要

美国的反暴力极端主义（CVE）计划通过鼓励穆斯林与执法机构，教育者，公共卫生官员和非营利组织建立关系，从而试图阻止穆斯林激进化，从而建立了“弹性”的穆斯林社区。但是，穆斯林的弹性语言扩展了东方主义对穆斯林和阿拉伯人口的叙述，同时否认了穆斯林在面对国家暴力和美帝国主义时表现出的真正的弹性。在本文中，我对自由主义-东方主义在反恐政策话语中的弹性框架提出了质疑，确定了穆斯林造成死亡的各种方式，并举例说明了面对国家暴力时穆斯林的弹性。