A Conversation on Antisemitism and Islamophobia [UC Davis]

The UC Davis Jewish Studies Program co-sponsored “A Conversation on Antisemitism and Islamophobia” featuring Sahar Aziz, Distinguished Professor of Law and Chancellor’s Social Justice Scholar at Rutgers University, and Ethan Katz, Associate Professor of History and Jewish Studies and Faculty Director of the Center for Jewish Studies at the University of California Berkeley. The audio recording is available here.… Continue reading “A Conversation on Antisemitism and Islamophobia [UC Davis]”
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The Middle East on the U.S. Campus with Sahar Aziz and Peter Beinart [Tufts University]

In her conversation with Professor Peter Beinart, Professor Sahar Aziz provided a primer on the First Amendment, Title VI, Title IX, and other free speech protections available in the United States in both public and private universities, and grappled with the question of how to engender an environment of tolerance and mutual respect while maintaining the rights of those engaged in speech that other groups could find offensive. Professor Aziz made particular reference to the idea of the ‘Palestine exception,’ in which speech, education, and activism in support of Palestinian… Continue reading “The Middle East on the U.S. Campus with Sahar Aziz and Peter Beinart [Tufts University]”
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Islamophobia, Antisemitism and Palestine [Cornell]

Sahar Aziz, Distinguished Professor of Law and Chancellor’s Social Justice Scholar at Rutgers University Law School, examines the erroneous zero-sum discursive frames, most acutely in foreign policy debates, that pits Muslims and Jews as competitors, rather than allies, in defending civil and human rights. This talk was the third in the series “Antisemitism and Islamophobia Examined” that brought four leading academics to Cornell University in the Spring 2024 semester to explore the history of these forms of prejudice, examine the impact on Jews and Muslims in America today, and map… Continue reading “Islamophobia, Antisemitism and Palestine [Cornell]”
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Keynote on Race and Religion at the Intersection [Drexel Law]

Professor Sahar Aziz delivered the Center for Law, Policy and Social Action (CLPSA) keynote at Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law. Professor Aziz examined the intersectional relationship between race and religion, namely as it pertains to Muslim identity and experiences of racialized religious discrimination and infringement upon religious freedom in the United States. Her highly acclaimed book featured in Time Magazine, The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes Religious Freedom, informed the public lecture on October 23, 2023.… Continue reading “Keynote on Race and Religion at the Intersection [Drexel Law]”
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Sahar Aziz Delivers Faculty Address to Rutgers Law Class of 2023

The Rutgers Law School (Newark) Class of 2023 selected Professor Sahar Aziz to deliver the faculty address at their commencement ceremony. She reminded graduates of the People’s Electric Law School to take seriously the weighty responsibility of lawyers as the guardians of our society’s democracy and the foundation on which justice stands. To hear her full remarks, click here or watch below.… Continue reading “Sahar Aziz Delivers Faculty Address to Rutgers Law Class of 2023”
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Current US Engagements and Evolving US Priorities in the Region [Arab Center]

Professor Sahar Aziz contributed her expertise on Egypt-U.S. relations on a panel addressing current and future US priorities in the region and America’s bilateral relations with key players and policies in Gulf Arab states, Israel, Egypt, Syria, and Iran. The panel, Current U.S. Engagements and Evolving US Priorities inn the Region, discussed China and Russia’s roles in the region’s conflicts, the United States’ direct military involvement and its haphazard disengagement in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya, as well as the US retreat on commitments to human rights and democracy. —… Continue reading “Current US Engagements and Evolving US Priorities in the Region [Arab Center]”
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Fireside Chat on The Racial Muslim with Deb Amos [Rutgers]

Internationally renowned journalist and NPR correspondent Deb Amos joined Professor Sahar Aziz at Rutgers University-Newark for a fireside chat about immigration, race, Islamophobia, and religious pluralism. Watch their conversation here and below. For a more in-depth analysis, read The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes Religious Freedom.… Continue reading “Fireside Chat on The Racial Muslim with Deb Amos [Rutgers]”
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Twentieth Anniversary of 9/11 Essays [Mich. J. Race & Law]

The Michigan Journal of Race and the Law published a special volume on the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks that featured articles by leading scholars on national security, immigration, criminal law, and race. Sahar Aziz’s article State Sponsored Radicalization conducts a comprehensive review of the literature that rebukes the dominant (fallacious) government narrative about ‘radicalization’ to terrorism. Not only are there no empirically based criteria for predicting who is more likely to engage in politically motivated violence, but increased religiosity of Muslims has no correlation to terrorist tendencies. And… Continue reading “Twentieth Anniversary of 9/11 Essays [Mich. J. Race & Law]”
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