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Record Nr.

UNINA9910554238203321

Autore

Aziz Sahar F.

Titolo

The racial Muslim : when racism quashes religious freedom / / Sahar Aziz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , [2022]

©2022

ISBN

0-520-38230-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

305.6970973

Soggetti

Muslims - United States - Social conditions

Islamophobia - United States

Religion and politics - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- 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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.