RT Article
T1 From the War on Terror to the Moral Crusade Against Female Genital Mutilation: Anti-Muslim Racism and Femonationalism in the United States
JF Violence against women
VO 29
IS 10
SP 1911
OP 1936
A1 Bader, Dina 19XX-
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1852424737
AB 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.
K1 United States
K1 Republican
K1 War on terror
K1 anti-Muslim racism
K1 femonationalism
K1 Female Genital Mutilation
DO 10.1177/10778012231168626