On The Square EP10- Sapelo’s Top Ten of 2021
In this episode of On The Square, our host Dr. Su’ad is joined by the Sapelo Squad! As we round out the podcast series and 2021 we wanted to bring the Squad to you up…
Anti-Blackness in the Muslim World: Beyond Apologetics and Orientalism
Introduction There is a color line in the Muslim world. How and why? While there are multiple forms of racism based on notions of color and ethnicity that exist within the Muslim world – such…
In Defense of Critical Race Theory: Islam, Race, & the Modern Public Intellectual
Prologue During the Abbasid Caliphate, Baghdad was the center of learning and scholarship in the Islamic world. Scholars from various religious backgrounds and academic disciplines flocked there to be part of a bustling society of…
[Book Review] Islamophobia and Racism in America by Erik Love | Reviewed by Hinasahar Muneeruddin
Erik Love. Islamophobia and Racism in America. New York: New York University Press, 2017. 272 pages. $28.00 paperback | Reviewed by Hinasahar Muneeruddin What does it mean to “look Muslim” and can it be considered as…
[Book Review] Erik Love, Islamophobia and Racism in America | Reviewed by Michelle S. Dromgold-Sermen
Erik Love, Islamophobia and Racism in America (New York: New York University Press, 2017), 272 pages, paperback $28.00 | Reviewed by Michelle S. Dromgold-Sermen Race scholar Eduardo Bonilla-Silva argues that we are living in an age…
Islam in America: Salve for Strained Race Relations
And with racism now plaguing in America like an incurable cancer all thinking Americans should be more respective to Islam as an already proven solution to the race problem. –Malcolm X The political ascendency of…
Not yet “Banned,” Except from the Museum
It was New Year’s Day 2016, I had received notices that the Freer Gallery in DC would be closing for renovations, so I suggested to my family that we should visit the museum to have…