Roundtable Discussion on How to Heal From Racial Trauma in the Workplace [AALS]

On January 5, 2022, Sahar Aziz joined an expert roundtable at the Association of American Law Schools to discuss how the myriad forms of discrimination, ranging from microaggressions to racial slurs, experienced by women impact their careers and mental health. Professor Aziz offered insights based on her research about the triple bind faced by Muslim women, published in her article Coercive Assimilationism: The Perils of Muslim Women’s Identity Performance in the Workplace.… Continue reading “Roundtable Discussion on How to Heal From Racial Trauma in the Workplace [AALS]”

The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes Religious Freedom

Why does a country with religious liberty enmeshed in its legal and social structures produce such overt prejudice and discrimination against Muslims? Sahar Aziz’s groundbreaking book demonstrates how race and religion intersect to create what she calls the Racial Muslim. Comparing discrimination against immigrant Muslims with the prejudicial treatment of Jews, Catholics, Mormons, and African American Muslims during the twentieth century, Aziz explores the gap between America’s aspiration for and fulfillment of religious freedom. With America’s demographics rapidly changing from a majority white Protestant nation to a multiracial, multireligious society,… Continue reading “The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes Religious Freedom”

The Troubling Consequences of Seeing Muslims as a Racial Group [TIME Magazine]

Sahar Aziz spoke with TIME Magazine about the historical roots of Islamophobia in the U.S., the effects of viewing Muslims as a “suspect race” and the significance of the hateful comments recently made by Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colorado) about Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota). TIME: There’s an interesting dichotomy you repeatedly describe in the book—that the same people defending religious freedoms for Christians also support violating the civil rights of Muslims through policies that discriminate against them, like intrusive surveillance measures and the ‘Muslim ban.’ You also write about how the… Continue reading “The Troubling Consequences of Seeing Muslims as a Racial Group [TIME Magazine]”

The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes Religious Freedom [Fordham University School of Law]

On Nov. 30, 2021 Rutgers University Law School Professor Sahar Aziz gave a virtual talk on her recently published book, The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes Religious Freedom, which demonstrates how race and religion intersect to create what she calls the “Racial Muslim.” The program was moderated by Tanya Katerí Hernández, Archibald R. Murray Professor of Law at Fordham and presented by Fordham Law’s Center on Race, Law and Justice. In conversation with Aziz at the event was John Tehranian, Paul W. Wildman Chair and Professor of Law at… Continue reading “The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes Religious Freedom [Fordham University School of Law]”

Ripples From 9/11 [Princeton University]

Professor Sahar Aziz joined scholars of political science and sociology at Princeton University to examine the how America has changed in the twenty years since the September 11th terrorist attacks. In the panel “Ripples From 9/11: 20 Years Later” hosted by the School of Public and International Affairs, Professor Aziz expounded on the expansion of executive authority and heightened judicial deference has eroded civil liberties for all Americans, and most acutely for Muslim communities.… Continue reading “Ripples From 9/11 [Princeton University]”