Events

 

  • 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 … Islamophobia, Antisemitism and Palestine [Cornell]


  • 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 … Keynote on Race and Religion at the Intersection [Drexel…


  • 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 … Sahar Aziz Delivers Faculty Address to Rutgers Law Class…


  • 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 … Current US Engagements and Evolving US Priorities in the…


  • 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 … Fireside Chat on The Racial Muslim with Deb Amos…


  • State-Sponsored Transnational Repression: A Conversation with the FBI [Princeton]

    Professor Sahar Aziz participated on a panel at Princeton University that explores the causes and consequences of state sponsored transnational repression. Her remarks begin at minute 44.


  • Abortion, Race and Religion in Post-Roe America [CSRR]

    The US Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade threatens the bodily autonomy of women across the country. … Continue readingAbortion, Race and Religion in Post-Roe America [CSRR]


  • 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 … Twentieth Anniversary of 9/11 Essays [Mich. J. Race &…


  • Impact of Global Competition on Democracy and Human Rights in the Middle East [Arab Center]

    Professor Sahar Aziz contributed her expertise on human rights in the Middle East during the Arab Center’s sixth annual conference on the panel Competition on Democracy and Human Rights in the Middle East. The conference addressed developments in US policy with regard to human rights … Impact of Global Competition on Democracy and Human Rights…


  • National Conference on Race and Ethnicity 2022 [NCORE]

    Sahar Aziz presented her groundbreaking book The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes Religious Freedom at the 2022 Annual National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Portland, Oregon. Engaging with an audience of university administrators, faculty and students committed to diversity, equity and inclusion, Professor Aziz … National Conference on Race and Ethnicity 2022 [NCORE]