This paper explores the reasons why, in the aftermath of 9/11, the
interests of Muslim women and Muslim gays have become the civilizing
mission in the “war on terror.” In critically examining how
pervasive American and European notions of patriotism, liberalism,
secularism, and freedom have been couched within the discourse
of sexual rights, I explain why this new politics of belonging is inseparable
from the new politics of exclusion.
Source: American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences