Sahar Aziz participated on the New Jersey Muslim Lawyers Association’s panel entitled African American Muslim History and Impact on February 25, 2021. She discussed with her co-panelists Professor Saleema Snow, Tahirah Amatul-Wadud, and Chundzom Lopez the importance of addressing anti-Black racism within American Muslim communities … A Black History Month Discussion [NJMLA]

Professor Sahar Aziz was invited to give a distinguished lecture on her article “Whosoever Sees an Evil: Muslim Americans’ Human Rights Advocacy” at the International and Comparative Law Center at Indiana University’s McKinney School of Law in February 2020.

The late Senator Harry Reid hosted a plenary panel “Islam in America” in September 2019 at the University of Nevada School of Law in which Professor Sahar Aziz offered her insights on the threats to religious freedom posed by Islamophobia.

Professor Sahar Aziz gave keynote opening remarks in the conference “Building Resilience in the New Threat Paradigm: Targeted Violence Against People of Faith” in June 2019 at Stockton University and hosted by the Rutgers Miller Center for Community Protection and Resilience. Her remarks, entitled “Connecting … Building Resilience in the New Threat Paradigm [Rutgers University…

In an interdisciplinary convening of scholars, practitioners, and activists, Professor Aziz gave a presentation entitled “Depoliticizing Muslims: Countering Violent Extremism as a Racial Project” at Northwestern University in April 2019. Her comments are based on her academic articles on countering violent extremism available for download … Reporting Islam: Media, Policy and Politics [Northwestern University]

In March 2019, Professor Sahar Aziz joined a distinguished group of interfaith leaders on a plenary panel hosted by the Museum of the Bible in celebration of Women’s History Month. The panelists discussed the impact of faith on women in the clergy, workplace and communities.

In October 2018, Professor Sahar Aziz gave the Clarke Initiative Distinguished Lecture entitled “The (Ir)Relevance of Law in Egypt’s Failed Transition to Democracy” at Cornell Law School. Her analysis of how law was weaponized by authoritarian regimes to defeat the Arab Spring is informed by … Clark Initiative Distinguished Lecture [Cornell University]