Rabea M. Khan
@rmkhan.bsky.social
Lecturer in IR at Liverpool John Moores Uni, Co-convenor of BISA Critical Studies on Terrorism Working Group
Critical Religion | Race | Gender | Discourse | Post- and Decolonial Theory | Abolition
Profile: https://profiles.ljmu.ac.uk/17835-rabea-khan
Critical Religion | Race | Gender | Discourse | Post- and Decolonial Theory | Abolition
Profile: https://profiles.ljmu.ac.uk/17835-rabea-khan
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📢📢Call for Papers!
This year's CTS Annual Conference will take place online on 9 September.
➡️Submit an abstract by 30 July
This year's CTS Annual Conference will take place online on 9 September.
➡️Submit an abstract by 30 July
July 16, 2025 at 4:38 PM
📢📢Call for Papers!
This year's CTS Annual Conference will take place online on 9 September.
➡️Submit an abstract by 30 July
This year's CTS Annual Conference will take place online on 9 September.
➡️Submit an abstract by 30 July
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Honoured to have received this award along with my co-conspirators @amnakaleem.bsky.social and @rmkhan.bsky.social !
Our 2025 Working Group Prize was awarded to @ctsworkinggroup.bsky.social 🎉
After they were ''instrumental” in putting forward ISA sponsored panels & made significant contributions to advancing the field of security studies' 🌟
Read more 👉 buff.ly/OTk1esS
@aliceellafinden.bsky.social
After they were ''instrumental” in putting forward ISA sponsored panels & made significant contributions to advancing the field of security studies' 🌟
Read more 👉 buff.ly/OTk1esS
@aliceellafinden.bsky.social
July 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Honoured to have received this award along with my co-conspirators @amnakaleem.bsky.social and @rmkhan.bsky.social !
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🚨Become a co-convenor for @ctsworkinggroup.bsky.social🚨
2025's WG of the year winners is looking for a new co-convenor! Post starts September for a three-year term 🎉
Deadline to apply 20 July 2025 🌟
Apply - buff.ly/SsW597x
@aliceellafinden.bsky.social
@amnakaleem.bsky.social
@rmkhan.bsky.social
2025's WG of the year winners is looking for a new co-convenor! Post starts September for a three-year term 🎉
Deadline to apply 20 July 2025 🌟
Apply - buff.ly/SsW597x
@aliceellafinden.bsky.social
@amnakaleem.bsky.social
@rmkhan.bsky.social
Join the Critical Studies on Terrorism convener team!- Critical Studies on Terrorism (CST) | BISA
- Critical Studies on Terrorism (CST) Working Group
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July 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
🚨Become a co-convenor for @ctsworkinggroup.bsky.social🚨
2025's WG of the year winners is looking for a new co-convenor! Post starts September for a three-year term 🎉
Deadline to apply 20 July 2025 🌟
Apply - buff.ly/SsW597x
@aliceellafinden.bsky.social
@amnakaleem.bsky.social
@rmkhan.bsky.social
2025's WG of the year winners is looking for a new co-convenor! Post starts September for a three-year term 🎉
Deadline to apply 20 July 2025 🌟
Apply - buff.ly/SsW597x
@aliceellafinden.bsky.social
@amnakaleem.bsky.social
@rmkhan.bsky.social
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📚 📢 Two new entries in the Virtual Encyclopaedia "Rewriting Peace and Conflict"
@rmkhan.bsky.social discusses the concept of #terrorism,
Gabriel Garroum Pla explores the topic of #urbicide.
These and more entries are available on the Virtual Encyclopaedia website!
👇 rewritingpeaceandconflict.net
@rmkhan.bsky.social discusses the concept of #terrorism,
Gabriel Garroum Pla explores the topic of #urbicide.
These and more entries are available on the Virtual Encyclopaedia website!
👇 rewritingpeaceandconflict.net
Home - Rewriting peace and conflict
Rewriting peace and conflictThe Virtual Encyclopaedia represents a compilation of theory and empirical research in peace and conflict studies from de- and postcolonial approaches, emphasising the cont...
rewritingpeaceandconflict.net
March 20, 2025 at 12:44 PM
📚 📢 Two new entries in the Virtual Encyclopaedia "Rewriting Peace and Conflict"
@rmkhan.bsky.social discusses the concept of #terrorism,
Gabriel Garroum Pla explores the topic of #urbicide.
These and more entries are available on the Virtual Encyclopaedia website!
👇 rewritingpeaceandconflict.net
@rmkhan.bsky.social discusses the concept of #terrorism,
Gabriel Garroum Pla explores the topic of #urbicide.
These and more entries are available on the Virtual Encyclopaedia website!
👇 rewritingpeaceandconflict.net
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REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES 📝
Editor Priya Dixit has curated our latest @risjnl.bsky.social 'Editor's collection: "The Politics of knowledge production"
👉 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Articles by @rmkhan.bsky.social @danaelkurd.bsky.social +more
@cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social #ISA2025
Editor Priya Dixit has curated our latest @risjnl.bsky.social 'Editor's collection: "The Politics of knowledge production"
👉 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Articles by @rmkhan.bsky.social @danaelkurd.bsky.social +more
@cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social #ISA2025
March 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM
REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES 📝
Editor Priya Dixit has curated our latest @risjnl.bsky.social 'Editor's collection: "The Politics of knowledge production"
👉 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Articles by @rmkhan.bsky.social @danaelkurd.bsky.social +more
@cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social #ISA2025
Editor Priya Dixit has curated our latest @risjnl.bsky.social 'Editor's collection: "The Politics of knowledge production"
👉 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Articles by @rmkhan.bsky.social @danaelkurd.bsky.social +more
@cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social #ISA2025
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It's critical to read about this & oppose it. The "terrorism" label is a political weapon for oppressing Palestinians, Muslims, and/or people of color. That's what it was designed for within US legal regimes. There is no way to reform or expand the label that undoes its fundamental colonial nature.
🧵 BREAKING: The U.S. House has just passed HR 9495, a bill that dramatically expands the Treasury’s power to revoke tax-exempt status from nonprofits it deems to be “supporting terrorism.” Here’s what this means for Palestinian rights organizations and free speech in the U.S.
November 21, 2024 at 4:26 PM
It's critical to read about this & oppose it. The "terrorism" label is a political weapon for oppressing Palestinians, Muslims, and/or people of color. That's what it was designed for within US legal regimes. There is no way to reform or expand the label that undoes its fundamental colonial nature.
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I’ve created a starter pack for those working on terrorism, counterterrorism, etc. let me know if you’d like to be added !
go.bsky.app/XNdPyw
go.bsky.app/XNdPyw
November 18, 2024 at 9:13 AM
I’ve created a starter pack for those working on terrorism, counterterrorism, etc. let me know if you’d like to be added !
go.bsky.app/XNdPyw
go.bsky.app/XNdPyw
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Our virtual Encyclopaedia is online! 📣📣📣
On our website rewritingpeaceandconflict.net you can discover our texts and podcasts.
@postcolh.bsky.social @fabriciorodriguez.bsky.social @alkejenss.bsky.social @anikaoettler.bsky.social @teraqerat.bsky.social @sidtrip.bsky.social @manuelaboatca.bsky.social
On our website rewritingpeaceandconflict.net you can discover our texts and podcasts.
@postcolh.bsky.social @fabriciorodriguez.bsky.social @alkejenss.bsky.social @anikaoettler.bsky.social @teraqerat.bsky.social @sidtrip.bsky.social @manuelaboatca.bsky.social
March 7, 2024 at 11:23 AM
Our virtual Encyclopaedia is online! 📣📣📣
On our website rewritingpeaceandconflict.net you can discover our texts and podcasts.
@postcolh.bsky.social @fabriciorodriguez.bsky.social @alkejenss.bsky.social @anikaoettler.bsky.social @teraqerat.bsky.social @sidtrip.bsky.social @manuelaboatca.bsky.social
On our website rewritingpeaceandconflict.net you can discover our texts and podcasts.
@postcolh.bsky.social @fabriciorodriguez.bsky.social @alkejenss.bsky.social @anikaoettler.bsky.social @teraqerat.bsky.social @sidtrip.bsky.social @manuelaboatca.bsky.social
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If you care about abolishing and critiquing idea of the war on terror as a political project , you should give my colleague @rmkhan.bsky.social a hearty follow. She and @sarahgharib.bsky.social just published an amazing special issue, me and several others are part of : doi.org/10.1080/1753...
Editors’ Introduction: Decoloniality, criticality, and abolition - can Critical Terrorism Studies remain “critical”?
Published in Critical Studies on Terrorism (Ahead of Print, 2024)
doi.org
November 16, 2024 at 11:06 AM
If you care about abolishing and critiquing idea of the war on terror as a political project , you should give my colleague @rmkhan.bsky.social a hearty follow. She and @sarahgharib.bsky.social just published an amazing special issue, me and several others are part of : doi.org/10.1080/1753...
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""Militarist-nationalism is the perennial mechanism through which the state enacts division and blame, and through which fundamental freedoms are curtailed."
My blogpost on the increased suppression of dissent & scapegoating of racialised communities in the UK
My blogpost on the increased suppression of dissent & scapegoating of racialised communities in the UK
The shifting goalposts of extremism and the right to protest
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's emergency press conference on Friday 1st March warned against the 'rise of extremism' in Britain. He was not referring to the extremism of the UK's militarism; nor the ...
jasminekgani.wordpress.com
March 5, 2024 at 1:17 PM
""Militarist-nationalism is the perennial mechanism through which the state enacts division and blame, and through which fundamental freedoms are curtailed."
My blogpost on the increased suppression of dissent & scapegoating of racialised communities in the UK
My blogpost on the increased suppression of dissent & scapegoating of racialised communities in the UK
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Our second Teach-in on Gaza, next Tuesday @ St Andrews 👇
January 16, 2024 at 12:11 PM
Our second Teach-in on Gaza, next Tuesday @ St Andrews 👇
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Dear all, I have now posted the English and German versions of the Der Spiegel article on my site. I restored some of the content in the English version that was removed in the German edition. amroali.com/2024/01/the-...
The Moral Imagination Crisis in Germany’s Approach to Palestine
There has always been a strange unspoken pact between Germany and the Arab world. The Arabs were less outraged by German support for Israel than by that of the US and UK. This was in part due to the w...
amroali.com
January 4, 2024 at 1:12 PM
Dear all, I have now posted the English and German versions of the Der Spiegel article on my site. I restored some of the content in the English version that was removed in the German edition. amroali.com/2024/01/the-...
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"The ICJ faces a stark choice: find in favour of South Africa and indicate provisional measures or damn international law into oblivion."
At World’s End: Palestine, the ICJ, and a New Dawn in International Law - Mohsen Alattar @opiniojuris.bsky.social
At World’s End: Palestine, the ICJ, and a New Dawn in International Law - Mohsen Alattar @opiniojuris.bsky.social
At World’s End: Palestine, the ICJ, and a New Dawn in International Law
What can I do? Many of us have repeatedly asked this question in the past months. We predicted the revolution would not be televised; we did not anticipate the genocide would. Scholars of anti-colo…
opiniojuris.org
January 9, 2024 at 12:01 PM
"The ICJ faces a stark choice: find in favour of South Africa and indicate provisional measures or damn international law into oblivion."
At World’s End: Palestine, the ICJ, and a New Dawn in International Law - Mohsen Alattar @opiniojuris.bsky.social
At World’s End: Palestine, the ICJ, and a New Dawn in International Law - Mohsen Alattar @opiniojuris.bsky.social
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Very useful, sober, but nevertheless shocking overview of the extent of destruction in Gaza.
The numbers that reveal the extent of the destruction in Gaza
From death tolls to destroyed buildings and lost hospital beds, these are the figures that cut through the fog of war
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2024 at 7:10 PM
Very useful, sober, but nevertheless shocking overview of the extent of destruction in Gaza.
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I’ll be speaking on this panel next Friday on framings of terrorism that permeate national and international discussion on Palestine and Israel
Online, open to all, but registration required
Online, open to all, but registration required
Terrorism, counter-terrorism, and the permissibility of violence
A roundtable event from the Critical Studies in Terrorism Working Group and BRISMES.
www.bisa.ac.uk
November 23, 2023 at 2:53 PM
I’ll be speaking on this panel next Friday on framings of terrorism that permeate national and international discussion on Palestine and Israel
Online, open to all, but registration required
Online, open to all, but registration required
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This Wednesday, St Andrews - Readings of the Gaza Monologues, first-hand testimonies of Palestinian children in Gaza 👇
November 27, 2023 at 9:40 PM
This Wednesday, St Andrews - Readings of the Gaza Monologues, first-hand testimonies of Palestinian children in Gaza 👇
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Special relationship forged in the pyre of international law
"The US administration has irreversibly staked its reputation on one of the most extreme Israeli governments in the state’s 75-year history"
"The US administration has irreversibly staked its reputation on one of the most extreme Israeli governments in the state’s 75-year history"
Special Relationship Forged in the Pyre of International Law
The US administration has irreversibly staked its reputation on one of the most extreme Israeli governments in the state's 75 year history (though fellow scholars of Israel-Palestine might argue the d...
jasminekgani.wordpress.com
November 3, 2023 at 6:22 PM
Special relationship forged in the pyre of international law
"The US administration has irreversibly staked its reputation on one of the most extreme Israeli governments in the state’s 75-year history"
"The US administration has irreversibly staked its reputation on one of the most extreme Israeli governments in the state’s 75-year history"
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A key piece of German remembrance culture is the erasure of longer histories of imperialism & white supremacy in Germany and Europe at large. On this, I'd recommend:
Johnny Pitts' "Afropean": www.penguin.co.uk/books/300186...
Hans Kundnani's "Eurowhiteness": www.hurstpublishers.com/book/eurowhi...
Johnny Pitts' "Afropean": www.penguin.co.uk/books/300186...
Hans Kundnani's "Eurowhiteness": www.hurstpublishers.com/book/eurowhi...
I've had a lot of convos w/ folks confused about the crackdown in Germany against the most basic support for Palestinians. This is deeply tied to Germany's Holocaust remembrance culture, which happens to be something I study. Here's a thread of resources in English for those who want to learn. 1/
October 30, 2023 at 2:20 PM
A key piece of German remembrance culture is the erasure of longer histories of imperialism & white supremacy in Germany and Europe at large. On this, I'd recommend:
Johnny Pitts' "Afropean": www.penguin.co.uk/books/300186...
Hans Kundnani's "Eurowhiteness": www.hurstpublishers.com/book/eurowhi...
Johnny Pitts' "Afropean": www.penguin.co.uk/books/300186...
Hans Kundnani's "Eurowhiteness": www.hurstpublishers.com/book/eurowhi...
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Open letter calling on UKRI to assert its independence from government interference. UKHE academics can add signatures here👇 docs.google.com/document/d/e...
UKRI open letter (public)
docs.google.com
October 30, 2023 at 3:54 PM
Open letter calling on UKRI to assert its independence from government interference. UKHE academics can add signatures here👇 docs.google.com/document/d/e...
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A Palestinian telecommunications provider says there is now a complete blackout of connectivity in the besieged Gaza Strip: ‘The intense bombing in the last hour caused the destruction of all remaining international routes linking Gaza to the outside world.’
Israel-Palestine live: Communications blackout as heaviest strikes hit Gaza
Journalists and activists report widespread cellular and internet outages across besieged enclave
www.middleeasteye.net
October 27, 2023 at 4:58 PM
A Palestinian telecommunications provider says there is now a complete blackout of connectivity in the besieged Gaza Strip: ‘The intense bombing in the last hour caused the destruction of all remaining international routes linking Gaza to the outside world.’
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This, by @rmkhan.bsky.social, is so so good.
"in the vast majority of cases absolutely no attempt at defining religious terrorism is made at all; instead, its meaning is ... assumed to be common sense, as it is based on an essentialist, & as I argue colonial & racial, understanding of religion..."
"in the vast majority of cases absolutely no attempt at defining religious terrorism is made at all; instead, its meaning is ... assumed to be common sense, as it is based on an essentialist, & as I argue colonial & racial, understanding of religion..."
The coloniality of the religious terrorism thesis | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core
The coloniality of the religious terrorism thesis
www.cambridge.org
October 26, 2023 at 2:25 PM
This, by @rmkhan.bsky.social, is so so good.
"in the vast majority of cases absolutely no attempt at defining religious terrorism is made at all; instead, its meaning is ... assumed to be common sense, as it is based on an essentialist, & as I argue colonial & racial, understanding of religion..."
"in the vast majority of cases absolutely no attempt at defining religious terrorism is made at all; instead, its meaning is ... assumed to be common sense, as it is based on an essentialist, & as I argue colonial & racial, understanding of religion..."
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If in the UK, please sign this petition. At 100,000 signatures it will be debated in the Parliament:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/64...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/64...
Petition: Seek a ceasefire and to end Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip
We want the Government to seek a ceasefire and also seek to address the root cause of the current conflict by promoting dialogue and advocating for the end of Israeli occupation of the West Bank and G...
petition.parliament.uk
October 26, 2023 at 7:11 AM
If in the UK, please sign this petition. At 100,000 signatures it will be debated in the Parliament:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/64...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/64...
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Interesting and topical article by @rmkhan.bsky.social:
"The coloniality of the religious terrorism thesis"
published in Review of International Studies @risjnl.bsky.social
Polisky
"The coloniality of the religious terrorism thesis"
published in Review of International Studies @risjnl.bsky.social
Polisky
The coloniality of the religious terrorism thesis | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core
The coloniality of the religious terrorism thesis
www.cambridge.org
October 26, 2023 at 11:30 AM
Interesting and topical article by @rmkhan.bsky.social:
"The coloniality of the religious terrorism thesis"
published in Review of International Studies @risjnl.bsky.social
Polisky
"The coloniality of the religious terrorism thesis"
published in Review of International Studies @risjnl.bsky.social
Polisky
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Since the Critical Studies on Terrorism Working Group has not officially migrated to BlueSky yet, I am sharing our statement on Gaza here: www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work... @aliceellafinden.bsky.social @rmkhan.bsky.social
October 16, 2023 at 2:58 PM
Since the Critical Studies on Terrorism Working Group has not officially migrated to BlueSky yet, I am sharing our statement on Gaza here: www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work... @aliceellafinden.bsky.social @rmkhan.bsky.social