Presented By: Global Islamic Studies Center
DISC 8th Annual Distinguished Lecture. The Muslim Exception in American Religious and Political Freedom
Sahar Aziz, professor of law, Chancellor’s Social Justice Scholar, and the founding director of the Center for Security, Race, and Rights at Rutgers University Law School
The Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum (DISC) initiative invites the public to its 8th Annual Distinguished Lecture, “The Muslim Exception in American Religious and Political Freedom,” by author, Middle East and legal studies scholar, and advocate Sahar Aziz on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, at 4:30 p.m. in the Kuenzel Room of the Michigan Union. This year’s distinguished lecture is an in-person and virtual event and is free to attend.
Professor Aziz is a professor of law, Chancellor’s Social Justice Scholar, and the founding director of the Center for Security, Race, and Rights at Rutgers University Law School. Her scholarship examines the intersection of national security, race, religion, and civil rights focusing on the adverse impact of national security laws and policies on racial, religious, and ethnic minorities. Her groundbreaking book, The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes Religious Freedom, examines how religious bigotry racializes immigrant Muslims through a historical and comparative approach.
Professor Aziz’s commentary has appeared in the New York Times, CNN.com, Carnegie Endowment’s Sada Journal, Middle East Institute, Foxnews.com, World Politics Review, Houston Chronicle, Austin Statesmen, The Guardian, and Christian Science Monitor. She is a frequent public speaker and has appeared on CNN, BBC World, PBS, CSPAN, MSNBC, Fox News, Black News Channel, and Al Jazeera English. She is an editor of the Race and the Law Profs blog. She previously served on the board of the ACLU of Texas and as a nonresident fellow at the Brookings Institution – Doha. She currently serves on the board of directors of ReThink Media, the Project on Democracy in the Middle East (POMED), and Democracy in the Arab World Now (DAWN).
Prior to joining legal academia, Professor Aziz served as a senior policy advisor for the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, where she worked on law and policy at the intersection of national security and civil liberties. Professor Aziz earned a JD and an MA in Middle East Studies from the University of Texas, where she served as an associate editor of the Texas Law Review. In addition, professor Aziz clerked for the Honorable Andre M. Davis on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.
Contact person:
Nur Shaina Ayers, Academic Program Specialist, Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum (nsayers@umich.edu)
Register at https://myumi.ch/4rJ4Z
Professor Aziz is a professor of law, Chancellor’s Social Justice Scholar, and the founding director of the Center for Security, Race, and Rights at Rutgers University Law School. Her scholarship examines the intersection of national security, race, religion, and civil rights focusing on the adverse impact of national security laws and policies on racial, religious, and ethnic minorities. Her groundbreaking book, The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes Religious Freedom, examines how religious bigotry racializes immigrant Muslims through a historical and comparative approach.
Professor Aziz’s commentary has appeared in the New York Times, CNN.com, Carnegie Endowment’s Sada Journal, Middle East Institute, Foxnews.com, World Politics Review, Houston Chronicle, Austin Statesmen, The Guardian, and Christian Science Monitor. She is a frequent public speaker and has appeared on CNN, BBC World, PBS, CSPAN, MSNBC, Fox News, Black News Channel, and Al Jazeera English. She is an editor of the Race and the Law Profs blog. She previously served on the board of the ACLU of Texas and as a nonresident fellow at the Brookings Institution – Doha. She currently serves on the board of directors of ReThink Media, the Project on Democracy in the Middle East (POMED), and Democracy in the Arab World Now (DAWN).
Prior to joining legal academia, Professor Aziz served as a senior policy advisor for the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, where she worked on law and policy at the intersection of national security and civil liberties. Professor Aziz earned a JD and an MA in Middle East Studies from the University of Texas, where she served as an associate editor of the Texas Law Review. In addition, professor Aziz clerked for the Honorable Andre M. Davis on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.
Contact person:
Nur Shaina Ayers, Academic Program Specialist, Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum (nsayers@umich.edu)
Register at https://myumi.ch/4rJ4Z
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