Review by Choice Review
This incredible text is an update published ten years after the first report, Arab Detroit (CH, Feb'01, 38-3592). It charts at once a completely different metropolitan area and also examines the preparedness of a community for a decade of terror. While many Americans think of the last decade as terror visited on the US from outside, Arabs and Muslims in metropolitan Detroit experienced a decade of terror from within the US. Prior to WW II, members of these Arabic-speaking communities were referred to as Syrians, Turks, Lebanese, and Mohammedans. After WW II and the creation of the state of Israel, they were grouped together and evolved into Arab Americans and Muslims. After 2001, they all became Muslim and potential terrorists, despite their largely Christian heritage. The vast networks of US security terrorism and counterterrorism forces set up one of their central headquarters in Detroit. The absence of data prevented researchers from providing numbers of the detained and deported, so the contributors used information gleaned from the research of other scholars. The writing is clear and compelling. In chapters on the history of the community in Detroit featuring interviews with residents, demographics, and reflections by Christians and Muslims, the editors have assembled an outstanding, must-read volume. Summing Up: Essential. All levels/libraries. A. B. McCloud DePaul University
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Review by Choice Review
