Suspect Communities: Anti-Muslim Racism and the Domestic War on Terror

The first major qualitative study of “countering violent extremism” in key U.S. cities

Suspect Communities is a powerful reassessment of the U.S. government’s “countering violent extremism” (CVE) program that has arisen in major cities across the United States since 2011. Drawing on an interpretive qualitative study, it examines how the concept behind CVEaimed at combating homegrown terrorism by engaging Muslim community members, teachers, and religious leaders in monitoring and reporting o...