The Racial Muslim

When Racism Quashes Religious Freedom

Sahar F. Aziz, John L Esposito

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University of California Press
30 November 2021

History of the Americas; Islam; Islamic studies; Human rights & civil liberties law; Discrimination in employment law

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, this book is an in dispensable read for understanding how our past continues to shape our present—to the detriment of our nation’s future.

By: Sahar F. Aziz
Foreword by: John L Esposito
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 499g
ISBN: 9780520382299
ISBN 10: 0520382293
Pages: 356
Publication Date: 30 November 2021
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgments Foreword by John L. Esposito Introduction 1 • When American Racism Quashes Religious Freedom 2 • The Color of Religion 3 • Racialization of Jews, Catholics, and Mormons in the Twentieth Century 4 • From Protestant to Judeo-Christian National Identity: The Expansion of American Whiteness 5 • Social Construction of the Racial Muslim 6 • American Orientalism and the Arab Terrorist Trope 7 • Fighting Terrorism, Not Religion 8 • Officiating Islamophobia 9 • Criminalizing Muslim Identity 10 • The Future of the Racial Muslim and Religious Freedom in America Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

Sahar Aziz is Professor of Law, Middle East Legal Scholar, and Chancellor’s Social Justice Scholar at Rutgers University Law School and Founding Director of the Center for Security, Race, and Rights.

Reviews for The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes Religious Freedom

"“Thought-provoking.” * Above the Law * ""The Racial Muslim is an important, timely addition to the literature on anti-Muslim racism. Aziz succinctly compresses a broad, yet relevant, range of topics into a relatively short text, all-the-while interrogating power, White supremacy, structural racism and the intersection of religion and race in racializing processes."" * Ethnic and Racial Studies * ""From her law professor perspective with an interdisciplinary approach, Aziz’s work recalls that of Kimberley Crenshaw, in which juridical science is combined with social sciences to achieve change: indeed, her work is not limited to the analysis of society, but seeks as an ultimate goal, social justice."" * ReOrient * ""Aziz unravels and then connects America’s torrid history toward religious minorities."" * Journal of Church and State *"