The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes Religious FreedomWhy 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. |
Contents
When American Racism Quashes Religious Freedom | 25 |
Racialization of Jews Catholics and Mormons in | 46 |
Fighting Terrorism Not Religion | 133 |
The Future of the Racial Muslim and Religious Freedom | 190 |
Conclusion | 209 |
| 285 | |
| 311 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abrahamic African American African American Muslims American Christians American Orientalism anti-Muslim anti-Muslim racism anti-Semitic Arab American Asian Assimilation in American Becoming American believed Black Center Christian Privilege civil rights clash of civilizations Corrigan and Neal culture discrimination Dissident Racial Muslims Donald Trump Eastern enslaved ethnic European Evangelical Gordon Gottschalk and Greenberg groups ideology immi immigrant Muslims interfaith Intolerance in America Islamophobia Judeo-Christian leaders liberal mainstream Middle East Mormons mosques Muslim American Muslim identity Muslim-majority countries Muslims in America Muslims the Enemy national security Native Americans norms Obama Palestinian percent Pew Research Center Quran Race in American Racial Muslim racial-religious hierarchy racialization of Muslims racism religion Religious Dissident Racial religious freedom Religious Intolerance Religious Pluralism Roediger Scapegoating Islam September 11 attacks Sharia Syrians targeting terrorism threat tion Tri-Faith America Trump United violence Wenger White Christian White Protestant White Racial Frame White Supremacy World York