“9/11 is alive and well” or how critical terrorism studies has sustained the 9/11 narrative

Toros, Harmonie

doi:10.4324/9780429454844-2

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“…But clearly avoiding positivist analyses is neither necessary nor sufficient for avoiding ethical issues in the study of Muslims. Indeed, some critical theorists have pointed out the ways critical studies on terrorism have inadvertently perpetuated the myths this approach hope to undermine (Toros, 2017).…”

Section: Existing Solutions To These Problems and The Problems With These Suggestionsmentioning

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Issues in Quantitative Analysis and Security Studies Involving Muslims

Henne

2021

Intl. J. Rel.

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There are very serious ethical and pragmatic issues in the quantitative and security study of Muslims. From an ethical perspective, many of these studies denigrate and stereotype Muslims. They also treat them as a problem to be solved, justifying and expanding US power. Pragmatically, it can be hard to collect detailed data on security issues in many Muslim countries, making conventional studies difficult. Yet, standard approaches to these problems are faulty. We cannot abandon positivist analysis, as well-done quantitative studies are actually the best tools we have to push back on negative stereotypes of Muslims. At the same time, we cannot ignore important security topics among Muslim states just because the data we have available is not ideal. Instead, I present a two-pronged approach that can address these issues without ignoring crucial aspects of international relations; scholars should follow best methodological practices to avoid ethical issues, and adopt new standards and novel tools to deal with imperfect data.

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Issues in Quantitative Analysis and Security Studies Involving Muslims

Henne

2021

Intl. J. Rel.

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“…Even so-called Critical Terrorism Studies has worked to maintain the taboo on 9/11 truth. “Discourses” such as Islamic terrorism, “temporalities” such as the supposed rupture “before” and “after” 9/11, and the politics of remembering 9/11 may all be critically interrogated (Jackson, 2007; Toros, 2017; Zehfuss, 2003). But a serious scientific investigation of what exactly took place on 9/11, how it was achieved, and who could therefore have been responsible remains strictly off limits.…”

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9/11 Truth and the Silence of the IR Discipline

Hughes

2020

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International Relations (IR) scholars uncritically accept the official narrative regarding the events of 9/11 and refuse to examine the massive body of evidence generated by the 9/11 truth movement. Nevertheless, as calls for a new inquiry into the events of 9/11 continue to mount, with the International 9/11 Consensus Panel and World Trade Centre Building 7 Evaluation inquiries having recently published their findings, and with a U.S. Federal Grand Jury on 9/11 having been announced, now would be an opportune moment for IR scholars to start taking the claims of 9/11 truth seriously. A survey of the 9/11 truth literature reveals that the official 9/11 narrative cannot be supported at multiple levels. Two planes did not bring down three towers in New York. There is no hard evidence that Muslims were responsible for 9/11 other than in a patsy capacity. Various U.S. government agencies appear to have had foreknowledge of the events and to have covered up evidence. Important questions regarding the hijacked planes need answering, as do questions about the complicity of the mainstream media in 9/11. IR scholars avoid looking at evidence regarding the events of 9/11 for several reasons. They may be taken in by the weaponized term, “conspiracy theory.” A taboo on questioning the ruling structures of society means that individuals do not wish to fall outside the spectrum of acceptable opinion. Entertaining the possibility that 9/11 was a false flag requires Westerners to reject fundamental assumptions that they have been socialized to accept since birth. The “War on Terror” has created a neo-McCarthyite environment in which freedom to speak out has been stifled. Yet, if IR scholars are serious about truth, the first place they need to start is 9/11 truth.

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“9/11 is alive and well” or how critical terrorism studies has sustained the 9/11 narrative

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Issues in Quantitative Analysis and Security Studies Involving Muslims

Issues in Quantitative Analysis and Security Studies Involving Muslims

9/11 Truth and the Silence of the IR Discipline

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