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This essay explores the ways in which American culture, post 9-11, has depicted Arabs and Muslims as the new enemy around which to polarize fears relative to its national security, a racialized other whose status has shifted from invisible subjects to contested "problem minorities". Carosso looks at the way in which the racialization of Arabs and Muslims in the US has a history of its own, well predating the so-called "war on terror", and ultimately going back to the unresolved racial status of Arabs amid US assimilation practices predicated upon the performance of a "racial dramaturgy". The author suggests that the post 9-11 backlash has been based on previously consolidated Orientalist biases in the US aiming at marginalizing Arabs and Muslims from the national body politic.

This article contains a reflection on the tragic impact of terrorism on modern society &, based on the message of John Paul II, offers a Catholic point of view on the issue & on the way it can be solved. To be effective the fight must be intelligent & fair & it cannot disregard the historical & cultural reasons that have generated such hatred. It is the Christian world's responsibility to find its strength & its point of reference in the core precepts of the Gospel. Also, it is now time for the Church to face the ideological lies, & the injustice perpetrated in the past & to take responsibility. This together with faith will facilitate the work of Catholic people moving forward towards a Christian approach & solution. M. Williamson