The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes Religious Freedom

Sahar F. Aziz

Published by University of California Press 2021

The Racial Muslim

When Racism Quashes Religious Freedom

Sahar F. Aziz

https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520382305

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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.

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Aziz Sahar F. :

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.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Foreword John L. Esposito Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1 • When American Racism Quashes Religious Freedom Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
2 • The Color of Religion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	34
3 • Racialization of Jews, Catholics, and Mormons in the Twentieth Century Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	46
4 • From Protestant to Judeo-Christian National Identity: The Expansion of American Whiteness Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
5 • Social Construction of the Racial Muslim Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
6 • American Orientalism and the Arab Terrorist Trope Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
7 • Fighting Terrorism, Not Religion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
8 • Officiating Islamophobia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
9 • Criminalizing Muslim Identity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
10 • The Future of the Racial Muslim and Religious Freedom in America Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	190
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Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285
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Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Pages
- Main content: 356

eBook

Published: November 30, 2021
ISBN: 9780520382305