No-Fly Lists, National Security and Race: The Experiences of Canadian Muslims. (20th November 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Nagra, Baljit; Maurutto, Paula
• Is Part Of: British journal of criminology. Volume 60:Number 3(2020)
• Page Start: 600
• Page End: 619
• Publication Date: 2019-11-20
• Subjects: no-fly lists -- Canadian Muslims -- War on Terror -- critical race theory -- punishment -- preventive security; Criminology -- Periodicals; Crime -- Periodicals; Criminal justice, Administration of -- Periodicals; 364.05
• DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azz066
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0007-0955

Abstract

Abstract: Despite the increasing use of no-fly lists in countries like the United States, United Kingdom and Canada, their impact has not been explored in academic research. In a bid to fill this gap, we conducted 70 in-depth interviews with Muslim community leaders to explore Canadian Muslims' experience of the no-fly list. We find the Canadian no-fly list targets Muslim communities, restricts mobility, separates individuals from family and friends, diminishes professional and economic opportunities, and stigmatizes those labelled a security risk. Drawing on the preventive security literature and critical race studies of counter-terrorism, this research demonstrates how no-fly lists erode fundamental aspects of justice, and reproduce racial hierarchies.