Service in a Time of Suspicion

Download or read book Service in a Time of Suspicion written by Michelle Sandhoff and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2017-09 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On September 11, 2001, nineteen members of the Islamist extremist organization al-Qaeda launched four coordinated attacks on the United States, killing 2,977 people. These events and the government’s subsequent “War on Terror” refueled long-standing negative stereotypes about Muslims and Islam among many Americans. And yet thousands of practicing Muslims continued to serve or chose to enlist in the U.S. military during these years. In Service in a Time of Suspicion, fifteen such service members talk about what it means to be Muslim, American, and a uniformed member of the armed services in the twenty-first century. These honest accounts remind us of our shared humanity.