"This is the book we've been waiting for: a people's history of the US-led War on Terror. In Innocent Until Proven Muslim, we have a coherent and damning exposé of the never-ending US response to 9/11 and the complicit Muslims who have signed on to this catastrophic project."

"As a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner for 14 years, I've found few books that can speak to the violence of a war of which I was, and continue to be, a casualty. Dr. Hilal's book brilliantly exposes the destructive logics behind the war and its innumerable impacts--visible and invisible--on Muslims across the globe. Her unflinching commitment to presenting a comprehensive account of the structures and harms of the War on Terror will inevitably shift the tide towards justice and accountability for Muslims. This couldn't be more important at this juncture in time."

"In this important book, Dr. Maha Hilal shows how the War on Terror both reflected and reinforced ideas of American exceptionalism and negative stereotypes about Islam and its adherents. In tightly argued prose, Hilal details exactly how, in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, the state exploited these Islamophobic tropes to shape an idea of terrorism as an almost exclusively Muslim phenomenon. She deftly explicates how the government leveraged this prejudicial narrative to fundamentally reshape the legal and policy landscape in an unprecedented expansion of executive power that would permit it to operate outside of the limits imposed by existing legal institutions. Anyone attempting to come to grips with the harm this war has done to Muslims and Muslim Americans, American constitutionalism and the wider world, will have to address the fundamental questions this vital book raises."

"Dr. Maha Hilal's powerful and accessible account of the US War on Terror is nothing less than a freedom manifesto for the twenty-first century. Guiding the reader step by step through the War on Terror's false premises and horrific policies, Dr. Hilal provides us with the unapologetic and bold ideas needed to free us from the internalized oppression and racist assumptions at the heart of this never-ending war. This book lights the path of liberation."

"In this accessible and inspiring introduction, readers will find a critical account of the institutional and intimate violence of the War on Terror, as well as Muslim resistance to it. Dr. Hilal's deep commitment to social justice informs this primer, which covers an impressively extensive set of issues, ranging from torture at Guantánamo Bay prison, to Africom, to American Muslim participation in counterterrorism."

"The dominant political narrative of the War on Terror focuses on the US as a victim of unjust violence as opposed to a perpetrator of it. Maha Hilal corrects this narrative by centering Muslim perspectives and exploring Muslim experiences in relation to the brutal violence unleashed by the US government after 9/11. Hilal sets a new and higher standard for how to reflect critically and courageously on the War on Terror and its devastating impact."