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Muslims, Radicalisation and Security

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This chapter attempts to critically assess the key repertoires used to socially construct Muslims as a security threat. It focuses on the ways in which security concerns are not objective or normative phenomena; rather, they are socially constructed through discourse. By examining the discourse around radicalisation, it shows how Muslims are positioned as a threat to the ‘ontological security’ of the West. The state in general and the Prevent discourse in particular aims to provide ontological security to its citizens – this ‘ontological security of some has necessitated the ontological insecuritisation of others, specifically those known as ‘British Muslims’. (Croft 2012a: 20)

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Miah, S. (2017). Muslims, Radicalisation and Security. In: Muslims, Schooling and Security. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52335-4_6

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