ABSTRACT
Subject to intense surveillance in the war on terror, the citizenship of young Muslims has become contingent upon their willingness to prove their loyalty to Britain by supporting such repressive measures. This chapter focuses on the politics of young British Muslim activists who challenge this securitisation of citizenship as a consequence of 9/11. It examines resistance to the increasingly strident and exclusionary term ‘active citizenship’ that represents the cultural dimension of securitisation. Viewed through the interpretive lens of Michel Foucault’s concept of governmentality, ‘active citizenship’ can be seen as a technology of power that dampens dissent amongst citizens.
