Anti-Muslim racism Archives

Defending Palestinian Rights Attracts Defamatory Attacks [Counterpunch Radio]

Professor Sahar Aziz and Mitchell Plitnick, co-authors of “Presumptively Antisemitic: Islamophobic Tropes in the Palestine-Israel Discourse,” discussed a critical new report published by Rutgers University Law School’s Center for Security, Race, and Rights. The conversation explores the political and social context for this report, as well as the timing of its release, published as it was against the backdrop of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza. The discussion broadens beyond the report to explore various aspects of the Palestine issue and its continued central importance for the US and… Continue reading

How Israel’s Supporters Use Islamophobia to Silence Critics [Marc Steiner Show]

By now, the false equivalency between anti-Zionism and antisemitism—which Israel’s supporters use to give rhetorical cover for Zionism—is a well-worn topic on the left. What’s less discussed is the role of Islamophobia and anti-Arab racism in Zionists’ attempts to smear their critics, particularly Arab and Muslim ones, as antisemitic. A new report, Presumptively Antisemitic: Islamophobic Tropes in the Palestine Israel Discourse from Rutgers University Law School’s Center for Security, Race, and Rights (CSRR), maps the use of Islamophobic tropes in the discourse on Israel-Palestine, noting that the racist association between… Continue reading

Presumptively Antisemitic: Islamophobic Tropes in Palestine-Israel Discourse [Insurgents]

Professor Sahar Aziz, Distinguished Professor of Law and Chancellor’s Social Justice Scholar at Rutgers Law and author of The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes Religious Freedom, joined Jordan Uhl and Rob Rosseau on the Insurgents Podcast to discuss her recent report “Presumptively Antisemitic: Islamophobic Tropes In The Palestine-Israel Discourse.” The interview explores the ways Islamophobia spreads in the media and shifts the balance of conversation of coverage, resulting in a dehumanizing effect for Muslims, and how—especially in this moment—some genuinely pro-Palestinian advocacy is inaccurately framed as anti-Semitic.… Continue reading

Unconditional Supporters of Israel Know the Facts Are Not on Their Side [Jacobin]

On Saturday, November 4, some three hundred thousand people marched in Washington, DC, in solidarity with Palestinians. It was the largest pro-Palestine march in US history, a heartening sign that the McCarthyite backlash to solidarity with Palestinians in the face of Israel’s ongoing onslaught on the besieged Gaza Strip has not accomplished its aims. Rather than cowing critics of Israel, which has killed more than twenty-two thousand Palestinians in Gaza, domestic repression has fueled commitment, a determination among many not to sit idly by as an entire people are slaughtered.… Continue reading

How a Leading Definition of Antisemitism Has Been Weaponized Against Israel’s Critics [The Nation]

The chorus of criticism of Israel’s indiscriminate bombings and denial of food, water, and other humanitarian aid to 2 million Palestinians trapped in Gaza has only grown louder as the Palestinian death toll has skyrocketed beyond an estimated 22,000, nearly half of whom are children. Too often, however, supporters of continued military action by Israel respond not by debating the merits of a cease-fire but through McCarthyistic campaigns to silence human rights advocacy in public and on college campuses. Among the most effective strategies of censorship is a politically… Continue reading

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

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

NJ Muslim Mayor Who Was Denied White House Entry [Gothamist]

A Muslim mayor in New Jersey is calling for an end to the U.S. government’s terror watch lists after he was barred from a celebration at the White House. Mohamed Khairullah — in his fifth term as Prospect Park’s mayor, and first elected to the borough’s council in 2001 — was on his way to an Eid al-Fitr celebration at the White House on Monday when he was told the Secret Service would not allow him to attend. Khairullah, a well-known Muslim leader in New Jersey, said at a Tuesday… Continue reading

POMEPS Podcast Features “The Racial Muslim” [George Washington University]

While the so-called “Global War on Terror” may no longer be the dominant narrative animating U.S. foreign policy, the long term effects of the past two decades continue to shape perceptions of Muslims and Islam in America. In the George Washington University Project on Middle East Politics (POMEPS) podcast, Marc Lynch hosts Sahar Aziz in a conversation about the broader implications of the racialization of religion, as set forth in her book The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes Religious Freedom. Click here to listen, starting at minute 34:55. POMEPS … Continue reading

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

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