Islamophobia, Race, and the Palestine Taboo

In Islamophobia Tags Published 10/1/2024

In Celebration of Islamic History Month
The ECMC Chair In Islamic Studies at the University of Alberta, 
 
 
 

Sahar Aziz

 
Distinguished Professor of Law, and Chancellor's Social Justice Scholar, Rutgers University, USA
 
Islamophobia, Race, and the Palestine Taboo
 

When: Wednesday October 30, 2024 | 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Where: The Centennial Centre for Interdisciplinary Science (CCIS) L2-190

 
Free Registration HERE
 
 
 

Abstract:

Across North America, Muslims exercising their political rights in defense of Palestinian human rights face state-sanctioned repression that, in turn, legitimizes private discrimination in workplaces, schools, and public spaces.  Distinguished Professor Sahar Aziz examines how the historical legacies of Orientalism explain contemporary Islamophobia and anti-Palestinian racism against university students, faculty, and activists partaking in a global, anti-genocide social movement.

 

 

Bio.

Sahar Aziz is a distinguished Professor of Law, and Chancellor's Social Justice Scholar at Rutgers University, USA.  Her scholarship examines the intersection of national security, race, religion, and civil rights with a focus on the adverse impact of national security laws and policies on racial, religious, and ethnic minorities. She is the author of The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes Religious Freedom: When Racism Quashes Religious Freedom (University of California Press, 2021), and co-editor of Global Islamophobia and the Rise of Populism (Oxford University Press, 2024). She also serves as the founding director of the Center for Security, Race and Rights. Professor Aziz is a recipient of the Derrick A. Bell Award from the Association of American Law Schools and was named a Middle Eastern and North African American National Security and Foreign Policy Next Generation Leader by New America in 2020 and a Soros Equality Fellow in 2021.

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