Rizwaan Sabir is a Lecturer in Criminology at Liverpool John Moores University in the UK. His research, which is focused on examining British counterterrorism, was motivated by his wrongful arrest and detention for suspected terrorism when he was found in possession of the Al-Qaeda Training Manual he downloaded for his postgraduate research. In addition to briefing policymakers such as the Shadow Home Secretary, the United Nations, civil society and community groups as well as lawyers, he offers analysis and commentary in the broadcast and written media including BBC News, Sky News, and Al-Jazeera.

Acknowledgements

Foreword by Hicham Yezza

1. Awakening

2. A Divine Signal

3. Suspected Terrorist

4. Detention

5. Suspicious Documents

6. Interrogation

7. Seven Interviews

8. A Convenient Witness

9. The Decision

10. Accountability

11. Subject of Interest

12. An Unlawful Stop

13. Flashing Screens

14. Travelling While Muslim

15. Spies in Our Midst

16. The Trace

17. Suspicious Scholarship

18. A Safe House

19. Sensing a Set Up

20. Seeing Spies

21. Coming to America

22. A Tap on the Shoulder

23. Counterinsurgency

24. A Different Way of War

25. Global Insurgency

26. Armed Propaganda

27. A Relapse

28. Dear GCHQ

29. Trauma Triggers

30. Withdrawing Consent

31. Sharing Our Stories

32. Global Resistance

33. Healing Trauma

Afterword by Aamer Anwar

Notes

Bibliography

Index