An Adult Book Club | Mikołaj (Unsplash)
An Adult Book Club | Mikołaj (Unsplash)
Book Talk & Iftar
Book Talk & IftarThe Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes Religious Freedom
Thursday, March 23, 2023 | 6-8 p.m. | Hofstra Law Room 308
Why does a country with religious liberty enmeshed in its legal and social structures produce such overt prejudice and discrimination against Muslims? The Freedman Institute invites you to a talk by Professor Sahar Aziz on her important new book which seeks to answer this question. As described by the University of California Press, “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 indispensable read for understanding how our past continues to shape our present—to the detriment of our nation’s future.” There will be a Q & A after the presentation, and food will be served at Iftar around 7 p.m. (at sunset) in observance of Ramadan.
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.
For more information, contact Professor Theo Liebmann at theo.liebmann@hofstra.edu.
DETAILS
DATE: March 23
TIME: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
EVENT CATEGORIES:
Featured Event, Freedman Institute, Lecture, SBA News
VENUE
121 Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY 11549 United States + Google Map
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