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Israel-Gaza: Does Islamophobia play a part in US foreign policy? [UpFront]

As the war in Gaza rages on, the death toll keeps increasing and residents face starvation. Despite the heavy civilian toll, the United States keeps voicing its strong support for Israel. Is there a double standard when it comes to Palestine? And why do some in the US seem to conflate solidarity with Palestinians with anti-Semitism, as explained in the report “Presumptively Antisemitic: Islamophobic Tropes in the Palestine Israel Discourse” published by the Rutgers Center for Security, Race and Rights. On UpFront, Marc Lamont Hill speaks… 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

Hamline, Free Speech, and Academic Freedom [Eagleton Institute]

In the podcast This Moment in Democracy, Professor Saladin Ambar and Rutgers Law Professor Sahar Aziz discuss the controversy happening at Hamline University, as well as current issues higher education is facing regarding free speech on campus, academic freedom, and the adjunctification of university faculty. To listen to the podcast, click here.… Continue reading

The Hamline Controversy and the Real Threat to Academic Freedom [Al Jazeera]

Over the past few weeks, there has been much debate about academic freedom in the United States. It was sparked by the decision of Hamline University not to renew the contract of an adjunct professor who showed a famous 14th-century Persian painting of the Prophet Muhammad and Angel Gabriel in her art history class. The decision was made following the complaint of a Muslim student who felt offended. “We now find ourselves at the heart of a purported standoff between academic freedom and equity.” These words by Hamline University President Fayneese… Continue reading

Truth and Lies: The Informant [ABC]

Professor Sahar Aziz was a featured expert in season two of the ABC podcast “Truth and Lies: The Informant.” In 2016, a group of men in rural Kansas started meeting in secret. They spent months forming a militia group and plotting what would’ve been one of the worst domestic terror attacks in U.S. history — if it hadn’t been stopped. “Truth and Lies: The Informant” tells the remarkable story of an ordinary man who infiltrated this dangerous group as an FBI informant and risked his life… Continue reading

Why the 2022 Election was Historic for Muslim Women’s Representation [The 19th]

A record number of Muslim women ran for office in 2022 — and they won. The election cycle made history with 153 Muslim candidates on the general ballot, per a report released by Jetpac Resource Center and the Council on American-Islamic Relations. Sixty-one percent of Muslim women candidates won, compared with 56 percent of Muslim men. Mauree Turner, the only nonbinary Muslim in the midterm elections, won a second term in the Oklahoma legislature. It’s a notable shift in a country with a deep history of Islamophobia. Sahar Aziz, professor… Continue reading

Teacher at Center of Hijab Uproar Sues Olympic Medalist for Defamation [New York Times]

A seconds-long interaction in a New Jersey classroom unleashed a national firestorm last October as it ricocheted across social media platforms. A 7-year-old girl had come home from school upset, telling her mother that her teacher in Maplewood, N.J., had tried to pull off the hijab the girl wears as an observant Muslim. Her mother recounted the story on Facebook, and Ibtihaj Muhammad, an Olympic medalist who fences in a hijab, immediately denounced it as abuse in an Instagram post that went viral. By the next day, Gov. Philip D.… Continue reading

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