Holy Land Five

Palestinian Charity in the War on Terror

AvDavid A. McDonald

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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Established in the 1980s, the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF) grew to become the largest Muslim charity in the US, funding orphans, hospitals, and refugee communities throughout the Muslim world. In the aftermath of 9/11, as fears of "Islamic terrorism" flooded mainstream news media and reshaped US counterterrorism legislation, the HLF was designated a terrorist organization and five of its affiliates were indicted for conspiracy to provide material support to Hamas. After two criminal trials—the first of which ended in a mistrial—the Holy Land Five were found guilty on all counts, receiving federal prison sentences ranging from 15 to 65 years.Combining critical ethnography, discourse analysis, and first-hand accounts from those involved in the trials, Holy Land Five offers the first scholarly account of the largest terrorism financing trial in US history. Beginning with the HLF origins and moving through the contentious courtroom proceedings, David A. McDonald reveals the mutually constitutive relationship between discourse, affect, and politico-legal action. As legal events rooted in cultural politics and as cultural events with profound legal consequences, the HLF trials became a battleground for publicly litigating the Israeli-Palestinian crisis as well as the US "war on terror." In documenting the lifeways of the defendants, Holy Land Five challenges current literature by critically analyzing the discourse of "Islamic terrorism" and by proposing alternative non-violent possibilities for safeguarding human rights in Israel and Palestine.Through comprehensive research into what took place both inside and outside the courtroom, Holy Land Five offers a new understanding of these contentious trials and their long-lasting effects on the lives of the defendants as well as humanitarian aid agencies, Israeli-Palestinian relations, and US legal precedent.

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Utgivningsdatum:2026-11-10
Mått:152 x 229 x undefined mm
Vikt:572 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Public Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa
Antal sidor:296
Förlag:Indiana University Press
ISBN:9780253075468

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Etnicitet inom Samhälle och politik
Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Politiskt förtryck inom Samhälle och politik

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David A. McDonald is Professor of Anthropology at Indiana University. He is author of My Voice Is My Weapon: Music, Nationalism, and the Poetics of Palestinian Resistance and coeditor of Palestinian Music and Song: Expression and Resistance Since 1900, At the Crossroads of Music and Social Justice, and Festival Activism.

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"As an ethnography, Holy Land Five weaves personal narratives from several of the Holy Land Five defendants, as well as their lawyers, to provide background and context to what eventually became a long and drawn-out ordeal in the courtroom. McDonald narrates the book with a careful touch, and shows how the law was manipulated and twisted to ultimately bring about convictions and absurdly long prison sentences for the five men, despite all the evidence pointing to their clear innocence. . . . This is a tremendously important work, as it weaves together elements of ethnography, anthropology, sociology, legal studies, and human interest to situate what ultimately became of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, formerly the largest Muslim charity in the United States. There is no extended ethnography quite like this one on this particular case."—Wadie E. Said, University of Colorado School of Law

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AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The Sanabel Awakening: Mission and Early History of the HLF2. Joining Forces: Establishment and Early Development of the HLF3. Children of the Stones: Hamas, the Intifada, and the Rise of Islamism4. Zakāt: Empathy and HLF Fundraising Strategies5. Changing the Conversation: Safe Haven and the Discourse of 'Islamic Terrorism'6. The Philadelphia Meeting: Oslo, 'Sister Samah,' and the American Address7. Jihad in America: Media and the Fear of 'Islamic Terror'8. Lawfare and the Drive to Shut Down the HLF9. Living a Double Life: Abu Marzouk, McGonigle, and the Presumption of Deception10. 9/11, the "War on Terror," and the Civil Suit11. US v. The Holy Land Foundation: Prosecution12. US v. The Holy Land Foundation: Defense13. US v. The Holy Land Foundation: Closing14. US v. The Holy Land Foundation: Mistrial15. US v. The Holy Land Foundation: Second Trial16. US v. The Holy Land Foundation: Sentencing17. HLF: Appeal and AftermathAppendixBibliographyIndex