Holy Land Five

Palestinian Charity in the War on Terror

David A. McDonald (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

336 Seiten

2026
Indiana University Press (Verlag)
978-0-253-07546-8 (ISBN)

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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 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 was deemed 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 origins of the HLF and its leaders and moving through the proceedings of both trials, 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 overarching 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 proposing alternative possibilities for safeguarding human rights for all parties 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.

David A. McDonald is Associate Professor of Folklore and Ethnomusicology 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.

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Sanabel Awakening: Mission and Early History of the HLF
2. Joining Forces: Establishment and Early Development of the HLF
3. Children of the Stones: Hamas, the Intifada, and the Rise of Islamism
4. Zakāt: Empathy and HLF Fundraising Strategies
5. Changing the Conversation: Safe Haven and the Discourse of 'Islamic Terrorism'
6. The Philadelphia Meeting: Oslo, 'Sister Samah,' and the American Address
7. Jihad in America: Media and the Fear of 'Islamic Terror'
8. Lawfare and the Drive to Shut Down the HLF
9. Living a Double Life: Abu Marzouk, McGonigle, and the Presumption of Deception
10. 9/11, the "War on Terror," and the Civil Suit
11. US v. The Holy Land Foundation: Prosecution
12. US v. The Holy Land Foundation: Defense
13. US v. The Holy Land Foundation: Closing
14. US v. The Holy Land Foundation: Mistrial
15. US v. The Holy Land Foundation: Second Trial
16. US v. The Holy Land Foundation: Sentencing
17. HLF: Appeal and Aftermath
Appendix
Bibliography
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.12.2026
Reihe/Serie	Public Cultures of the Middle East and North Africa
Verlagsort	Bloomington, IN
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	572 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Besonderes Strafrecht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-253-07546-7 / 0253075467
ISBN-13	978-0-253-07546-8 / 9780253075468
Zustand	Neuware