Abstract
Since 1 September 2001, Muslim minorro.es have experienced intensive 'othering' in 'Western' countries, above all in those US-led anglophone nations which invaded Afghanistan and Iraq to prosecute their 'war on terror'. This chapter examines the cases of Britain and Australia, where whole communities of Muslims have been criminalised as 'evil' and a 'fifth column' enemy within by media, politicians, the security services and the criminal justice system. Although. constituted by disparate ethnic groups, the targeted communities in each of these nations have experienced similar treatment in the state's anti-terrorist measures, as well as ideological responses and everyday racism, making comparable the two cases.