TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - From the war on terror to the moral crusade against female genital mutilation: anti-Muslim racism and femonationalism in the United States
JO  - Violence against women
A1  - Bader, Dina
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - This article investigates the recent flurry of state-level legislation regarding female genital mutilation (FGM), which occurred in the aftermath of the first federal criminal court case of FGM in 2017. Drawing on publicly available material, it shows how this court case, which involved a group of Muslims of Indian heritage, elicited a moral crusade against FGM, largely led by Republican lawmakers, and spurred a resurgence of anti-Muslim discourses, which first came to the fore after 9/11 to legitimate the "war on terror." Although FGM is not an Islamic practice and is also carried out by non-Muslim groups, the author concludes that femonationalism and anti-Muslim racism are important analytical lens for understanding the recent history of legislative efforts to combat FGM in the U.S.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1077-8012
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10778012231168626
ID  - ref1
ER  -